27/09/2019
I have watched the piece on BBC News, when Dan Walker asked Naga Munchetty for her views on Trump's racist tweet in which he said that four Congresswomen should "go back to the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came".
Naga handled the questions very well, saying that her opinions aren't what she is there to express, but providing some clarification as to her own experiences.
When asked how she felt, she said furious.
What was said?
Dan Walker was discussing the POTUS' tweet with Naga Munchetty.
Naga recounted het own experiences, saying: “Every time I have been told, as a woman of colour, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism."
“Now I’m not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean.”
Dan then asked how she felt about Trump's remarks, to which she replied: "furious".
She continued to say: "Absolutely furious and I can imagine lots of people in this country will be feeling absolutely furious a man in that position thinks it's OK to skirt the lines by using language like that."
It would seem to me, that Naga did not really voice an opinion. She was asked a question about how she felt, and she answered it. She explained how she felt.
Naga did nothing wrong.
I do not believe any viewers could have got confused between the facts of the case, and how Naga felt about it.
The facts are obvious. Trump is a racist and has such disregard for the nation he is the President of, that he would (again) question the rights of American citizens to hold public office.
Trump tried to convince people that Obama wasn't a 'true American' and shouldn't have been President. He was wrong of course.
Trump is one of those 'patriots' that thinks you have to be white to be a true American; forget the fact that all white Americans are descendants of immigrants, mostly from the UK and Ireland.
A person's colour or religion doesn't dictate their nationality, whether it is their nationality of birth or their adoptive nationality.
Trump is, of course, too stupid to realise this and too much of a racist to care.
Naga Munchetty did nothing wrong.
She and her co-presenter were covering the day's news in exactly the manner they should, accurately. Perhaps Dan Walker should not have pushed her on the subject, especially as Naga was clearly displaying signs of emotion on the subject.
However, I really don't think either of them have anything to feel regret for and there definitely should not have been cause to reprimand either of them.
The BBC should reassess their findings and make a public apology to Naga.
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