Opinion: The BBC was wrong to broadcast the N-word but this was hardly its first offence. I should know

After breaching its own editorial guidelines twice, it's painfully clear that this is a direct consequence of having few non-white decision-makers working in TV

Because I worked at the BBC for 24 years, the last eight of them as a senior executive. I am fully aware that BBC itself says use ofunder section 5: “Harm and Offence”.

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