When Donald Trump was owned by, er, a BBC News caption writer

John Plunkett. Updated December 28th, 2017

This Donald Trump press conference was notable for many reasons, most of which we don’t have time for here.

But it was most entertaining if you watched it on BBC News, where the on-screen caption writer, Robert Coxwell, had a ball picking up on the president-elect’s more colourful quotes.

Trump on journalism: Buzzfeed: "a failing pile of garbage"
BBC: "BBC News? There's another beauty"
CNN: "Fake news" pic.twitter.com/OjHdPAECyy

— Louisa Compton (@louisa_compton) January 11, 2017

All the sweeter, no doubt, because Trump is no fan of the BBC, and when its international correspondent Ian Pannell asked a question he replied, with heavy sarcasm, “BBC News, there’s another beauty”.

It was just another caption for Coxwell…

https://twitter.com/helenlewis/status/819230406537080833

https://twitter.com/helenlewis/status/819231661980315648

The man behind these BBC onscreen text captions is @RobertCoxwell – for those who wondered. #Trump #fakenews pic.twitter.com/Ov7eAupfJu

— Louisa Compton (@louisa_compton) January 11, 2017

Coxwell later went on Twitter to reveal a few tricks of the trade and the urge – so far resisted – to put a “rude message” on the ticker.

https://twitter.com/RobertCoxwell/status/819287241528852483

https://twitter.com/RobertCoxwell/status/819288833036550144

https://twitter.com/RobertCoxwell/status/819289816642781184