Sir Trevor McDonald Cleared Of Racism
TV veteran, Sir Trevor McDonald has been cleared of making a racist remark about comedian Bernard Manning, despite more than 100 complaints to Ofcom.
Sir Trevor referred to former comedian, Bernard Manning as a “fat white ba****d” on his Newsnight show, but OFCOM ruled that this was “clearly intended to parody Manning’s own comedy”.
Any offence caused “was justified in the context”, Ofcom ruled.
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