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BBC has apologised to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his 6 January 2021 speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation.
The corporation said the edit had given "the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action" and said it would not show the 2024 programme again.
Lawyers for Trump have threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the corporation issues a retraction, apologises and compensates him.
The culture secretary told BBC Breakfast she was confident the corporation was "gripping this with the seriousness that it demands", adding her role was to ensure "the highest standards are upheld".
Lisa Nandy, highlighting the BBC's independence from government, said she was talking daily to the corporation's chair, the director general and senior leadership.
"The BBC guards its independence from government very fiercely for a reason. They're there to hold the spotlight, not just to the country, but to us as a government as well."
While the BBC was having "direct discussions with the US administration and with their own lawyers", she added that the government had not spoken with the Trump administration about the issue.
"I think that's a question for the chairman of the BBC, not for the government," she said.
Nandy also told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that there had been "an emerging thread through many of the challenges that the BBC has had".
Its editorial standards and guidelines were "in some cases not robust enough and in other cases not consistently applied", she said.
Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey had urged the prime minister on Thursday to "get on the phone to Trump" to put a stop to his lawsuit threat and "defend the impartiality and independence of the BBC".
The fallout from the scandal led to the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness on Sunday.
BBC News has approached the White House for comment.
