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Your editorial (16 December) rightly calls for collective resistance to Donald Trump\u2019s assault on the BBC. But it is important to name what we are witnessing: \u201centrumpification\u201d \u2013 a political technology that attacks democratic institutions where they are strongest, not weakest.<\/p>\n
The BBC made an editorial error. It acknowledged it and apologised. That should have been the end of the matter. Instead came billion-dollar lawsuits, orchestrated outrage and ritual denunciations of \u201cfake news\u201d. Institutions built on accuracy find accuracy weaponised. A single mistake is reframed as proof of systemic dishonesty. This is the trap.<\/p>\n
The only viable response is the \u201cboth-and\u201d defence: acknowledge error while defending institutional independence with equal vigour. The BBC should state plainly: \u201cThis technical mistake does not invalidate the programme\u2019s central thesis, which rested on evidence-based findings. We will continue investigating without fear or favour.\u201d<\/p>\n
Entrumpification succeeds when institutions stop asking \u201cWhat is right?\u201d and begin asking \u201cWhat does he want?\u201d Britain has not reached that point, but it is closer than it was.<\/p>\n
The pattern is visible. The question is whether we \u2013 the BBC, the government, communities, citizens \u2013 resist it together while resistance can still succeed. I propose the Guardian sets up a funding campaign for the BBC. Everyone could donate \u00a31 minimum to show our support for democracy, independence and the power of the voice. It would show the BBC is paid for by us, it belongs to us (flaws and all) and is not a business. I wonder if potential visitors to the US could be barred from entry if they admit to be BBC licence payers. Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <\/em><\/strong>email<\/em><\/strong> us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <\/em><\/strong>letters<\/em><\/strong> section.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Your editorial (16 December) rightly calls for collective resistance to Donald Trump\u2019s assault on the BBC. But it is important to name what we are witnessing: \u201centrumpification\u201d \u2013 a political technology that attacks democratic institutions where they are strongest, not weakest. The BBC made an editorial error. It acknowledged it and apologised. That should have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[7479,21093,1090],"class_list":{"0":"post-38568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-justice","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entrumpification","10":"tag-resist"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Anthony Lawton<\/strong>
Church Langton, Leicestershire<\/em><\/p>\n
Michele Ryan<\/strong>
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire<\/em><\/p>\n
Mike Pender<\/strong>
Cardiff<\/em><\/p>\n