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Judge Allows Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against the BBC to Proceed
Left 27%27%Centre 36%36%Right 36%36%
Attention level: Low (22 sources)
- Headline mismatch 11 of 22 confidence: low
Articles whose headline says something its own description does not.
- ReasonTV: President Trump's Defamation Claim Against BBC Can Go Forward
From today's decision by Judge Jeffrey Kuntz (S.D. Fla.) in Trump v. BBC: In Trump v. CNN (S.D. Fla. 2023),… - HuffPost: Judge Says Trump’s $10 Billion BBC Defamation Case Can Proceed
The case is one of several Trump has filed against the news media as part of a wider pressure campaign against coverage he dislikes. - The Jerusalem Post: Judge declines to throw out Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit against BBC
Trump is suing Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster for at least $10 billion over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
- ReasonTV: President Trump's Defamation Claim Against BBC Can Go Forward
Every outlet on this story
| Outlet | Lean | Reliability | Country | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero Hedge | Right | 30 Low | US | 1 |
| Breitbart News | Right | 45 Mixed | US | 1 |
| Raw Story | Left | 55 Mixed | US | 1 |
| Washington Times | Right | 60 Mostly factual | US | 1 |
| Washington Examiner | Right | 60 Mostly factual | US | 1 |
| HuffPost | Left | 65 Mostly factual | US | 1 |
| Ibtimes | Center | 65 Mostly factual | GB | 1 |
| Times of India | Center | 65 Mostly factual | IN | 1 |
| Fox News | Right | 65 Mostly factual | US | 1 |
| Brandonsun | Center | 65 Mostly factual | CA | 1 |
| ReasonTV | Leans right | 70 Mostly factual | US | 1 |
| Hindustan Times | Center | 72 High | IN | 2 |
| The Jerusalem Post | Leans right | 75 High | IL | 1 |
| Deadline | Center | 75 High | US | 1 |
| Variety | Leans left | 78 High | US | 1 |
| The Hill | Center | 78 High | US | 1 |
| euronews (English) | Center | 80 High | FR | 2 |
| Sky News | Leans right | 80 High | GB | 1 |
| CBS News | Leans left | 82 High | US | 1 |
| The Guardian | Left | 85 Very high | GB | 1 |
| The New York Times | Left | 88 Very high | US | 1 |
| Reuters | Center | 92 Very high | GB | 1 |
How this was worked out
The radar does not decide what is true. It lists signals that deserve a closer look, each with its evidence: who covers the story and how they are rated, matching fact-checks, state media, copy-paste campaigns, and headlines that are sensational or do not match their own description.
How INDB scores stories · Data: stories INDB grouped from the outlets on the sources page.