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Emily Maitlis: Newsnight host speaks out to address criticism 'I annoyed myself with that'

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Newsnight host Emily Maitlis, 50, has owned up to a mistake she made while fronting the BBC show yesterday.The presenter addressed her error after a viewer complained about her use of the phrase “begging the question” during the programme.They insisted the correct phrase is “raises the question” and added that they wanted this concept to be “explained” to Emily and her fellow presenter Jon Sopel.Addressing the mishap on Twitter, the viewer said: “Someone please explain to @maitlis & @BBCJonSopel that ‘begging the question’ is a specific ethical concept in which an argument’s conclusion is forgone, and what they keep meaning to say is ‘raises the question’… #pendant.”(sic)Emily agreed with the Twitter user’s comment and admitted she “annoyed.

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