BBC Apologizes After BAFTA Broadcasts Racial Slur By John Davidson

BBC removed the BAFTA Film Awards from its iPlayer service and issued an apology after broadcasting a racial slur during the ceremony.John Davidson, a campaigner with Tourette syndrome, involuntarily shouted the slur at London's Royal Festival Hall while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.The BAFTA organization took full responsibility for the failure of contingency plans as the slur remained in the broadcast despite a two-hour editing delay.Broadcasters faced additional criticism for editing out a political comment by Akinola Davies Jr. while failing to remove the offensive language.