Naga Munchetty: BBC reverses decision to censure presenter
The BBC has reversed its decision to sanction BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty for breaking impartiality guidelines with her comments about Donald Trump, following a staff uprising against the ruling and enormous political pressure.
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Asked about Trumps comments on BBC Breakfast, Munchetty said: Every time I have been told, as a woman of colour, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism.
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The U-turn over censuring her came after the Guardian obtained leaked internal correspondence casting doubts on public claims about the complaints process made by a senior BBC executive, as he attempted to explain why Munchettys co-host Dan Walker had escaped punishment, despite taking part in the same discussion.
The BBCs editorial standards director, David Jordan, said Walker could not have been investigated because the single viewer complaint which led to the ruling did not mention the male presenter. The simple fact is we havent had a complaint about Dan Walkers role, he said in one interview. The complaint was about Naga Munchetty.
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The original complaint from a member of the public was titled Blatant political bias from both presenters and described Walker as very unprofessional, with the member of the public making clear that they blamed the male presenter for leading Munchetty into making the comments.
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/30/naga-munchetty-bbc-reverses-decision-to-censure-presenter