The BBC’s days-long pleas were futile, and US President Trump increased his $1 million compensation lawsuit to $5 million, announcing that he would not abandon the lawsuit against the BBC for fabricating news stories against him.
It appears the BBC will continue its apologies, and Trump will continue his stubbornness. The BBC must also understand that apologizing won’t correct a deliberate mistake. There’s a strange understanding of apology in this country. Politicians and those at the helm of important institutions, in particular, think they can absolve themselves of responsibility by apologizing when they make a mistake. That’s the easy way! Make the mistake, spread fake news, then apologize for the news you published and avoid responsibility.
Journalists must pay the price for the fake news they publish. Their first duty is to provide accurate news to the public, and then to practice their profession in the most accurate way. Before the fake news, the BBC was among the leading TV channels cited and cited for every report it published. And with this pre-established trust, its reputation was high. Now, its reputation is gone, and so is the credibility of its reporting…
Apologizing has become an institution in this country. A lot of foolish people try to avoid responsibility and punishment for their mistakes by hiding behind the guise of apology. The BBC is one of them.
Trump rightly persists, and the BBC must pay for its fake news with the money it receives from the public.
