'Irony Is Dead': Ex-BBC Journalist Points Out 1 Surprise Character Backing Trump Amid BBC Row

Jon Sopel from the News Agents and US president Donald TrumpA former BBC journalist has pointed out how ironic it is that Russian representatives – known for their abrasive attitude towards the press – have already shown support for Donald Trump in his row with the BBC.The US president is trying to sue the corporation for $1 billion for the way a 2024 Panorama episode edited his speech to his supporters on January 6, 2021.Critics have accused the BBC of splicing together different sections of his address so it looks like he incited the subsequent riot.The incident has plunged the broadcaster into crisis and two senior BBC executives resigned over the saga on Sunday.But Jon Sopel, the BBC’s former North America editor, pointed out how alarming it was to see the Russian Embassy in London hitting out at the corporation.The diplomats claimed on social media that the “BBC is nothing more than a propaganda and disinformation tool.”In a post on Telegram, the embassy alleged that the corporation’s reporters “manipulates facts” and “censor information that does not align with their partisan editorial stance.”“As we can see, they do not hesitate to fabricate and disseminate false claims of their own making,” the embassy claimed.“What has happened does not come as a revelation nor is it a step towards restoring the BBC’s reputation. It exposes the systemic flaws within the corporation, where ideological dogma has replaced journalistic ethics and distorted the very principles of media independence and freedom of information.”It added: “We have long warned of this and have regularly exposed the BBC’s lies about Russia. The corporation has become a platform for Russophobia and extremism, a part of [Kyiv’s] propaganda machine and a true fake news factory.”Sopel told his News Agents podcast that this was truly “weird”.He said: “Well, frankly, irony is dead when you get the Russian Embassy lecturing you on journalistic ethics having shut down virtually every other free newspaper.“How weird that we now find the Russian embassy in the same place as Donald Trump, as Nigel Farage, as Jacob Rees-Mogg, as some senior Tories who are calling for the BBC to be almost defenestrated because of this.“What an unusual bunch of bedfellows they are. And I think it speaks to the BBC’s fearless journalism which is what terrifies politicians and they must not be.”Russia’s apparent support for Trump’s fight against the BBC comes despite the US president’s latest attempts to push Moscow to the negotiating table over the Ukraine.He even slapped oil sanctions on the country to force Vladimir Putin’s hand.Meanwhile, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, known to be close to the White House, has now stopped co-operating with the BBC after the Trump row, insisting “trust has been lost”.Former Conservative minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has also expressed his support for Trump’s right to sue the BBC.Jon Sopel points out that Donald Trump, Nigel Farage & Jacob Rees-Mogg are in the same boat as the Russian Embassy over the BBC. pic.twitter.com/3dS9eJfEzg— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) November 12, 2025Related...Trump Insists He Has An 'Obligation' To Sue BBC: 'They Defrauded The Public'Eagle-Eyed Trump Critics Have Spotted Some Very Weird Details In Photos Of Him ‘Working’UK 'Stops Sharing Some Intelligence With US' Amid Concerns Over Trump Boat Strikes

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