Jon Snow cleared by Ofcom for 'white people' comment

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Channel 4 News presenter was at ‘predominantly white’ pro-Brexit rally on 29 March
Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow has been cleared by the media regulator after saying he had “never seen so many white people in one place” while describing a pro-Brexit protest – partly because video footage of the crowd did indeed show that the protesters were overwhelmingly white.
The journalist was reporting from outside parliament on 29 March, the day Britain had been due to leave the EU, when he made the unscripted comments, prompting thousands of complaints to Ofcom that his remarks had been racist or offensive. Continue reading...

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