Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been suspended for a week after swearing in Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker following an interview.
According to RTE, a statement from the station read: “Channel 4 has a strict code of conduct for all its employees, including its programming teams and on-air presenters, and takes any breaches seriously. Following an off-air incident Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been taken off air for a week.”
Mr. Guru-Murthy will not return to Channel 4 News until November 4 due to a pre-existing week off.
He had apologized “unreservedly” to Mr Baker after insulting him at an “unguarded moment”.
The announcer said the comment followed a “robust interview” with Mr Baker, but that he was “beneath the standards I set myself,” reports RTE.
During an off-air moment after his exchange with Mr. Baker, Mr. Guru-Murthy was heard to say “what the c*nt”.
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