Decision to censure Naga Murchetty for expressing fury at president’s remarks described as ridiculous and perplexing
The race row currently engulfing the BBC began on the cosy set of a breakfast TV sofa and evolved into a plotline some have described as being beyond even the mockumentary series W1A. The corporation’s decision to uphold a complaint against the BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty has attracted widespread condemnationfrom prominent black actors and broadcasters; the corporation’s staff are reportedly bewildered, confused and angry; and there are calls for the decision to be reversed.
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