Trump must sit for a deposition in his BBC defamation lawsuit, judge rules
3 outlets (NPR, Axios and BBC US) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 3 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “BBC”, “lawsuit”, “deposition”, “sit”. Distinct wording: NPR uses “defamation” and “rules”; Axios uses “billion”; BBC US uses “questions” and “answer”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- NPR reports: “A magistrate judge orders President Trump to sit for a deposition in a case he's brought against the BBC for defamation.”
- Axios reports: “A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of one of his speeches that the president's…”
- BBC US reports: “Trump is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections of a speech he gave in 2021.”
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- NPR: Trump must sit for a deposition in his BBC defamation lawsuit, judge rules
- Axios: Trump ordered to sit for deposition in $10 billion BBC lawsuit
- BBC US: Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit
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