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BBC Host Apologises to Nigel Farage over Henry Nowak Quote
The broadcaster removed the episode and promised an on-air apology after the presenter said Farage used the phrase “white cold rage” instead of “pure cold rage.”
- On Wednesday, BBC presenter Matt Chorley apologized to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage for misquoting his remarks during Tuesday's Newsnight broadcast about the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak.
- Farage issued a video Tuesday urging the public to respond to Nowak's killing with 'pure, cold rage' while criticizing what he termed 'two-tier policing' in law enforcement.
- Nowak, 18, died after being stabbed by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa in December; violent protests erupted in Southampton on Tuesday night, injuring 11 police officers and a police dog.
- Reform UK demanded a full on-air apology and investigation, arguing the misquote wrongly suggested Farage invoked race as a basis for public anger rather than criticizing discriminatory conduct.
- Following the controversy, the BBC confirmed it deleted the entire Newsnight episode from its platforms, addressing Chorley's admission that he had 'misremembered' the exact quote.
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