Trump's $5 billion lawsuit threat against BBC comes amid spate of legal wins over media companies

President Donald Trump's -figure legal threat against the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is not mere bluster if his current spate of legal victories against media and big tech is any indication Trump announced Friday he was planning to sue the BBC for up to billion over a arrangement documentary's misleading edit of his remarks on Jan A similar edit was located on the network's Newsnight plan in While the amount is eye-popping Trump has managed to count large settlements from CBS ABC and Meta over the past months To Trump allies it's well-deserved for their malign behavior against Trump while to his detractors it's no better than ransom money or bribes to the largest part powerful person on the planet Trump's settlements with Paramount-owned CBS and Disney-owned ABC over his respective suits touched off a firestorm of liberal criticism that their parent companies were wilting to administration pressure and selling out their own journalists ROGAN REBUKES OUSTED BBC EXECUTIVES STATES THE ARCHITECTURE 'FELT JUSTIFIED IN COMPREHENSIVELY LYING' ABOUT TRUMPParamount Global and CBS agreed in July to pay a million upfront sum to settle the president s lawsuit against the setup over how Minutes edited and circulated an interview with then-Democratic rival Kamala Harris in Trump s crew which initially sought billion claimed the architecture s use of edited clips from a single response about Israel constituted ballot interference The same month as the settlement the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission FCC approved an billion merger between Paramount and Skydance Media leading figures like CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert a fierce Trump critic to say the settlement was essentially a big fat bribe Trump's legal gang championed the settlement as a win for media accountability and the American people With this record settlement President Donald J Trump delivers another win for the American people as he once again holds the Fake News media accountable for their wrongdoing and deceit a spokesperson for Trump s legal company explained Fox News Digital at the time BBC APOLOGIZES TO TRUMP AMID BILLION LEGAL THREATThat win came on the heels of ABC's apology and million settlement with Trump last December after he sued for defamation over This Week anchor George Stephanopoulos' suggests on the air that the president had been held liable for rape The jury in the E Jean Carroll situation to which he was referring had really ruled he was liable for sexual abuse In addition Trump's gang has won nearly a combined million in settlements from X Meta and Alphabet-owned YouTube this year over his prior account suspensions by the respective tech giants in the aftermath of the Jan Capitol riot Shortly after Trump took office again in January Meta settled with Trump for million over his account suspensions on its platforms in X owned by off-and-on ally Elon Musk agreed in February to pay about million to settle Trump's lawsuit after he was banned from Twitter in Musk reinstated Trump's account when he bought Twitter now known as X in November In September Trump won a million settlement from YouTube over the platform s suspension of his account According to a court filing obtained by Fox News Digital million of the settlement was to be contributed on Trump s behalf to the Trust for the National Mall a nonprofit supporting construction of the new White House State Ballroom OPINION BBC CAUGHT TWISTING TRUMP'S WORDS AND US MEDIA RUSH TO THEIR DEFENSETrump advised reporters on Friday he will sue the BBC this week for somewhere between billion and billion after a Panorama documentary from the infrastructure edited together remarks he made on Jan The framework later apologized and admitted it gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action although it contested the notion it had defamed Trump The edit made it seem like Trump uttered a single thought about supporters going down to the Capitol cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we fight we fight like hell In reality those remarks came nearly an hour later in his lengthy address that day His full remarks were We're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we're seemingly not going to be cheering so much for chosen of them Because you'll never take back our country with weakness You have to show strength and you have to be strong We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated lawfully slated I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard TRUMP ANNOUNCES BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR DEFAMATION LIBELNear the end of his speech which lasted for over an hour he stated And we fight We fight like hell And if you don't fight like hell you're not going to have a country anymore The debate has already led to the resignations of BBC News CEO Deborah Turness and BBC director-general Tim Davie It's also not the only legal action Trump has going on against a major media outlet Trump refiled a billion lawsuit against The New York Times last month alleging defamation pertaining to The Times' reporting on Trump's stint as star of The Apprentice and statements he engaged in suspect tax maneuvers The suit named individual Times reporters and Penguin Random House the publisher of the book Lucky Loser by reporters Susanne Craig Russ Buettner As we mentioned when this was first filed and again after the judge s ruling to strike it this lawsuit has no merit Nothing has changed the present day a Times spokesperson advised Fox News Digital last month This is merely an attempt to stifle independent reporting and generate PR attention but The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation tactics A Penguin Random House spokesperson described Fox News Digital With a second attempt this lawsuit remains meritless Penguin Random House will continue to stand by the book and its authors just as we will continue to stand for the vital fundamental principles of the First Amendment CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP