BAFTA Alerts BBC Over On-Air Slur, Urges iPlayer Removal
TL;DR
BAFTA notified the BBC about John Davidson’s involuntary racial slur broadcast at the BAFTA Film Awards, with BAFTA pressing for the ceremony’s removal from iPlayer and the BBC launching an expedited editorial review to explain why the incident wasn’t cut, amid scrutiny from UK officials.
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