BBC Offers Explanation For Naga Munchetty Ruling Amid Growing Backlash

Naga said on air that she had been the recipient of similar comments to those Trump made on a number of occasions, stating: “Every time I have been told, as a woman of colour, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism.

“Now, I’m not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean.” 

After the BBC ruled her remarks had gone “beyond what the guidelines allow for”, they’ve now addressed the criticism by expanding on their verdict.

The corporation’s Editorial Complaints Unit said in a statement: “President Trump’s comments that a number of female Democrat members of Congress should ‘go back’ to the ‘totally broken and crime infested places from which they came’ were widely condemned as racist, and we reported on this extensively.