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BBC apologises for N-word in television broadcast after DJ Sideman quits

BBC apologises for N-word in television broadcast after DJ Sideman quits

Director general admits mistake following 18,000 complaints

The BBC’s director general, Tony Hall, has apologised after the N-word was used in a TV news broadcast, following mass complaints and the resignation of one of the corporation’s radio DJs.

“Every organisation should be able to acknowledge when it has made a mistake. We made one here,” Hall said in an email to all BBC staff.

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