Ofcom rejects Sir Trevor McDonald ‘racism’ complaints
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News
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Sir Trevor McDonald has escaped censure from broadcast regulator Ofcom after he called the recently-deceased comedian Bernard Manning a “fat, white bastard”. More than 100 TV viewers complained about the item, broadcast in June on McDonald’s late-night ITV1 satirical show, News Knight.
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Paul McNally
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