had quit his show following the controversial BBC News broadcast that saw correspondent Fiona Lamdin use the N-word during a report on a racially motivated attack in Bristol.Lamdin had repeated the word as it was allegedly used during the incident and BBC came under fire from critics, with many questioning why the network thought it was acceptable.
BBC director General Tony Hall has since apologised for the controversial broadcast, stating: ‘The BBC now accepts that we should have taken a different approach at the time of broadcast and we are very sorry for that.
We will now be strengthening our guidance on offensive language across our output. ‘Every organisation should be able to acknowledge when it has made a mistake.
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