British Channel 4 information anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy was suspended Thursday after he was caught calling a member of Parliament the c-word.
The comment was not broadcast on the air however was heard on a dwell feed as Guru-Murthy interviewed Conservative MP Steve Baker about Liz Truss, who resigned as prime minister on Thursday.
“It wasn’t a silly query, Steve, it. I’m very joyful to go up in opposition to you on Truss any day,” Guru-Murthy stated. A couple of seconds later he stated, “What a cunt,” with amusing.
“Channel 4 has a strict code of conduct for all its staff, together with its programming groups and on-air presenters, and takes any breaches severely,” head of reports Louisa Compton tweeted. “Following an off-air incident Channel 4 Information anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been taken off air for every week.”
Guru-Murthy had posted on Twitter earlier to apologize for Wednesday’s gaffe.
“After a sturdy interview with Steve Baker MP, I used a really offensive phrase in an unguarded second off air,” he wrote. “Whereas it was not broadcast that phrase in any context is beneath the requirements I set myself and I apologise unreservedly. I've reached out to Steve Baker to make an apology.”
Baker, the minister of state for Northern Eire, stated in a radio interview it will be a “service to the general public” if the station fired Guru-Murthy, The Guardian reported . However he later accepted the journalist’s apology.
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