Leaked messages show BBC staff expressed their dismay following Donald Trump’s election victory, GB News can reveal.
“Somehow I knew this was coming and yet I’m still disappointed”, one BBC employee wrote on an internal communications channel, seen by this broadcaster.
Another wrote: “For those of you have only just woken up, the Annoying Orange has just won the election”.
In a series of leaked messages a BBC worker admitted “that Trump winning is generally considered A Bad Thing” while others expressed their dismay at the Republican’s election victory using a series of emojis, including crying symbols.
The remarks were posted in the BBC’s internal Slack messaging service, available to all staff.
In a thread discussing Mr Trump’s election, a BBC employee wrote: “hey harris hey harris; KNIFE! aaaaaaaaa”, though it is not clear what the comment means.
A BBC source told GB News: “The BBC is infected with Trump derangement syndrome.”
“Of all the years I have worked here I have never heard a positive word said about Trump, staff are hysterically partisan against him.”
They continued: “With another four years as president I expect the BBC will continue its anti-Trump agenda to the detriment of its viewers.”
Rupert Lowe, the Reform Party MP, said: “The BBC and the public sector are deranged by their hatred of Donald Trump.”
“They despise him, and everything that he stands for.”
“Thankfully, it’s not the BBC’s job to project its journalist’s opinions. If they want to moan about President Trump, they should do it on their own time.”
BBC staff spoke of their dismay at Trump’s win
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The Reform MP vowed to defund the BBC, and said: “These reporters can then spout off however they like.”
“While they are still funded by public money, they can keep quiet.”
On Tuesday, Mr Trump won a historic victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, becoming the second US President to return to the White House after losing his first reelection bid.
Opinion polls put the race at a dead heat between the two candidates, however Mr Trump won a clear victory, succeeding in all seven swing states and winning the popular vote.
The Republicans also took the Senate and will likely win the House of Representatives, meaning the Democrats have little power to block Mr Trump’s legislative agenda.
Connor Tomlinson, a political commentator said: “The BBC’s US election coverage has been so shamelessly biased in favour of Democrats, that it should surprise nobody that their staff wailed and gnashed their teeth on election night.”
“They lauded Harris as “joyful”, whereas even now, after Trump has won the popular vote, they accuse the former and next President of being “a deeply polarising figure” who “used incendiary rhetoric” during his campaign.”
He continued: “They reported on the blatantly partisan attempts by the justice system to indict and prosecute Trump as if the cases had any credibility, despite them now being dropped or thrown out.”
“Just as when covering UK politics, the BBC are far from impartial, and are just as “fake news” as the various outlets that Trump has had try to ruin his life for the last eight years.”
“If the BBC were journalists, rather than activists, they would recognise that a majority of Americans wanted Trump to be President, and that Trump is fond of Britain, and wants to help the UK in its hour of need too.”
In August 2020 the BBC upheld a complaint against the corporation that found an article has been biased against Mr Trump.
The article described the then president as having a “narcissistic hunger for adoration” and it was deemed to use language that appeared to reflect the journalist’s personal opinions rather than an objective, professional assessment.
The BBC was approached for comment.
