BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty remains tight-lipped over race row on return
- The BBC Breakfast presenter is back on the morning show couch today
- It is the first time she has appeared on TV since the complaint made against her
- Her co-host Charlie Stayt also bypassed the furore over the BBC impartiality row
Security staff swept BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty into MediaCity this morning as she returned to the show.
Ms Munchetty has remained tight-lipped after becoming the centre of a media storm, following her comments about President Donald Trump.
Back on the morning show couch, the presenter avoided any reference to the race row.
It was Ms Munchetty’s first day back on the show with her co-host Charlie Stayt and neither presenters made reference to the furore over BBC impartiality.
The BBC had upheld a complaint against Ms Munchetty for offering a personal view on the US president demanding a group of black and minority politicians ‘go back’ to their own country.
This morning she was escorted by security into the London studio, and would not answer questions on the recent debate. Her co-host Mr Stayt also remained silent when asked about the row.
On her way to work she remained silent when asked if she felt let down by the corporation.
Director-general Lord Tony Hall overturned the ruling by the Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) following a fierce public backlash against the broadcaster.
The original ruling followed a July broadcast during which Ms Munchetty condemned comments made by Mr Trump about his political rivals, after he told female Democrats to leave the United States.
The ECU ruled her assertion that Trump’s comments were ’embedded in racism’ went beyond what the BBC allows, and a complaint made about the presenter’s comments was partially upheld.
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This sparked a backlash and several prominent black and Asian journalists and broadcasters, including Sir Lenny Henry and Krishnan Guru-Murthy, called for the decision to be reversed.
On Monday, the corporation’s director-general Lord Hall overturned the decision, saying in an email to staff: ‘I don’t think Naga’s words were sufficient to merit a partial uphold of the complaint around the comments she made.’
Source:dailymail.co.uk
