Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Clive Lewis (Labour), on Thursday, 26 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 51 members in total.

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BBC’S CRITICISM OF NAGA MUNCHETTY

That this House condemns the perverse decision by the BBC complaints unit to criticise presenter Naga Munchetty for criticising the racist language of US President Donald Trump; notes that President Trump's comments, telling Democratic representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, who are all US citizens, to go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came, caused outrage across the world; believes that the condemnation of such divisive and hateful rhetoric is not a matter of mere personal opinion but an essential democratic duty; and calls on the BBC to urgently reverse that verdict and defend the right of all journalists and broadcasters to reject blatant racism wherever it is expressed.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2737 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Caroline Lucas

Keith Vaz

Deidre Brock

Wes Streeting

Alex Sobel

Subjects

Complaints BBC Racial discrimination Munchetty, Naga

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk