Nigel Farage has received a grovelling apology from the BBC after the Reform UK leader issued an ultimatum following last night’s Newsnight episode on Henry Nowak’s death.
Reform UK’s lawyers sent a furious letter to the broadcaster’s director-general this morning.
The letter was sent after Newsnight presenter Matt Chorley wrongfully claimed three times that Mr Farage said Nowak’s death should spark “white cold rage” from the British public.
Mr Farage instead said “pure, cold rage” in his self-styled “emergency broadcast” to the nation yesterday morning.
Mr Chorley apologised to Mr Farage on social media earlier today, saying: “This was a mistake on my part, a misremembering of the quote.”
However, the BBC has since included a 71-word correction to its help and feedback page.
The broadcaster wrote: “In an interview about the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, we mistakenly quoted the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage as saying people should respond to his death with a ‘white, cold rage’.
“To be clear, Mr Farage actually said ‘pure, cold rage’, as had been stated earlier in the programme, and we apologise to him for this error.”
The BBC also confirmed the programme has been removed from both BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds.
Meanwhile, the BBC also published an article earlier this afternoon covering Mr Chorley’s apology to Mr Farage.
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