BBC Apologizes For Use Of N-Word In A News Broadcast
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Last month, the BBC included the N-word in a television news report about a racially aggravated attack. The network’s director-general Tony Hall initially defended the use of the racial slur, but has now apologized for it in a statement.
There were more than 18,600 people who had complained to the news station after the broadcast, per CNN. Hall mentioned that he understood the “distress” caused by the uncensored racial slur and promised that the network will work on strengthening its guidelines of offensive language for future programs.
“The BBC now accepts that we should have taken a different approach at the time of broadcast and we are very sorry for that,” the statement reads.
BBC-owned radio station 1Xtra’s DJ Sideman, whose real name is David Whitely, stepped down from the station after the incident, stating that “the action and the defense of the action feel like a slap in the face of our community.”
[via CNN, cover image via Casimiro PT / Shutterstock.com]
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