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BBC apologises over use of racist term in news report

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BBC director-general Tony Hall has apologised for a news report which contained a racist term. More than 18,000 people complained to the BBC over the broadcast, which saw social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin repeat a racial slur allegedly used in a suspected racially-motivated attack in Bristol.

After the broadcaster initially defended the report, Lord Hall said in a statement that the BBC “now accepts that we should have taken a different approach at the time of broadcast and we are very sorry for that”.

He said the report had caused “distress” to many, adding: “Every organisation should be able to acknowledge when it has made a mistake.

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