The BBC has apologized for broadcasting the N-word completely uncensored during a news segment about an apparent racially motivated assault.
Fiona Lamdin, a white correspondent, used the slur on air to describe the hateful words shouted last month at a black man during a violent attack in Bristol, CNN reported.
“Just to warn you, you’re about to hear highly offensive language,” Lamdin told viewers during the segment.
“Because as the men ran away, they hurled racial abuse, calling him a ‘n—er,’ ” she said.
The UK’s public broadcaster had initially defended the decision to use the offensive language, saying the victim’s family “wanted to see the full facts made public.”
But Director-General Tony Hall apologized to staff Sunday in an email.
He said the BBC’s intention “was to highlight an alleged racist attack.”
“Yet despite these good intentions, I recognize that we have ended up creating distress amongst many people,” he said.
Hall said that “every organization should be able to acknowledge when it has made a mistake. We made one here.”
With Post wires