Enough of the orchestrated outrage – the BBC needs to be clear that there’s no systemic dishonesty at play, writes Anthony Lawton . Plus letters from Michele Ryan and Mike Pender Your editorial ( 16 December ) rightly calls for collective resistance to Donald Trump’s assault on the BBC. But it is important to name what we are witnessing: “entrumpification” – 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 been the end of the matter. Instead came billion-dollar lawsuits, orchestrated outrage and ritual denunciations of “fake news”. Institutions built on accuracy find accuracy weaponised. A single mistake is reframed as proof of systemic dishonesty. This is the trap. Continue reading...