BBC has been slammed for its "offensive" and "disgusting" use of the N-word twice in the same week – once in a news report and the other time in a history documentary aired over the weekend.
Presenting the show American History's Biggest Fibs, TV historian Lucy Worsley used the exact quote of John Wilkes Booth – the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln – in his racist outburst.To warn viewers of Booth’s offensive language, Lucy said “his words carry a health warning”.She then quoted him angrily responding to Lincoln's speech about giving black people the vote: “That means n***** citizenship.” It comes after BBC News presenter Fiona Lamdin said the N-word while reporting on the alleged racist attack against a black NHS worker..
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