The BBC is under fire over its failure to remove a racial slur shouted by John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, from its broadcast of the Bafta awards. Davidson was heard shouting the N-word whil…
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BBC to conduct fast-track investigation into broadcasting of racial slur from Baftas ⊕
Corporation says broadcasting of N-word by Tourette syndrome campaigner was ‘serious mistake’
The BBC is to undertake a fast-track investigation into the broadcasting of a racial slur aired during its…
Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson says Bafta told him ‘any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast’ ⊖⊖
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Davidson said he ‘can’t begin to explain how upset and distraught I have been’ over slurs he shouted during the award ceremony
• With N-word incident, Bafta has shot itself in the foot
• Why the Baftas…
I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC | Jason Okundaye ○
By failing to remove John Davidson’s tic from the broadcast, editors let down both black and disabled people
I attended the Bafta awards on Sunday. And I arrived early enough to hear the Tourette synd…
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BBC bosses claim another racial slur was edited out of Bafta ceremony as they apologise to staff over 'error' that saw N-word outburst included in broadcast ⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
‘A slur would be deliberate’: the Baftas outburst and Tourette syndrome ⊕
While the use of the N-word may not have been intentional, some with the condition agree that doesn’t make it acceptable
It was an incident that sparked a furore: during Sunday’s Bafta ceremony Touret…
BBC apologises to staff over N-word inclusion as Bafta announces comprehensive review ⊕⊕
Chief content officer Kate Phillips tells staff she is ‘so sorry’ racial slur by Tourette campaigner was not edited from recorded broadcast
Peter Bradshaw: why the dust has not yet settled on the Baft…
BBC edited a second racial slur out of Bafta ceremony ⊖
Sinners studio say they raised N-word use with Bafta immediately as Google ‘deeply sorry’ for offensive notification ⊕
A source close to Warner Bros has said that executives were assured the slur would be removed before broadcast, while search engine remove AI-generated prompt
• Bafta judge quits over ‘utterly unforgi…
The dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row. This is why | Peter Bradshaw ⊖
When John Davidson involuntarily shouted racial abuse at Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan it set off two sets of alarm bells that should have been heeded much quicker and better
Bafta judge quits ove…