How Does BBC News Cover President Trump?
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BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at how BBC News will cover Donald Trump - ahead of his inauguration as President for a second time.
Adam is joined by BBC News Anchor in Washington Caitrionia Perry, Senior North America Correspondent Gary O’Donoghue and Head of Foreign at BBC News Paul Danahar.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, one of the great things about doing this podcast is we don't just bring you the news. |
| 0:09.2 | We've also got a bit of extra time and space, which means we can explain why the news is the way it is. |
| 0:15.3 | And I think that makes the news better for you. |
| 0:18.6 | So we're going to do that on this episode of Newscast. We're going to pose some of the |
| 0:23.8 | questions about how do you cover Donald Trump 2.0. And we're going to do it with some people who've |
| 0:30.7 | got a lot of experience of covering Donald Trump 1.0. So that's what you're going to hear on this |
| 0:36.0 | episode of newscast. some of the people who have |
| 0:38.2 | been and will be instrumental in covering Donald Trump for the BBC, explaining to me and you |
| 0:43.9 | how they're going to do it. |
| 0:46.2 | Newscast. Newscast from the BBC. I like landscapes. I don't think I'm being rude. |
| 0:50.8 | Japping, unemployed people who are overweight. That is not the agenda. |
| 0:54.6 | It's the fun police working overtime. |
| 0:56.8 | The star is born, Elon. |
| 0:58.7 | It's all hurt that a miracle with us happening. |
| 1:00.9 | Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. |
| 1:02.7 | Take me down to Downing Street. |
| 1:04.5 | Let's go have a tour. |
| 1:06.1 | Blimey. |
| 1:07.3 | Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. And as the world gets ready and gets used to Donald Trump |
| 1:12.3 | being back in the White House for a second time, I've brought together some of my most valued |
| 1:17.4 | colleagues who spent a lot of time covering Donald Trump and are going to be spending a lot of time |
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