| Topic: | BBC Forced To Apologise To Farage | |
| Posted by: | Sue Hammond | |
| Date/Time: | 03/06/26 18:37:00 |
| Yet another BBC gaffe: The BBC has been forced to issue a grovelling apology to Nigel Farage following a furious row sparked by last night's edition of Newsnight. The Reform UK leader's lawyers sent a furious letter to the broadcaster's director-general this morning, demanding the apology and issuing other demands amid accusations Mr Farage had been defamed by the programme's host. Newsnight presenter Matt Chorley repeatedly misquoted Mr Farage's response to the Henry Nowak murder, claiming three times that the Reform leader said it should spark 'white cold rage' from the British public. But Mr Farage actually said 'pure, cold rage' in his emergency broadcast yesterday morning. ‘This afternoon, the broadcasting behemoth said it had issued a private apology to Mr Farage directly and published a public version on its website. The corporation also promised to broadcast a further apology at the start of tonight's episode of Newsnight. In addition, last night's episode has been removed from the BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. But it remains to be seen whether Mr Farage is satisfied with the apologies, after his lawyer issued a list of additional demands this morning.’ |