In the days following the incident, the BBC has defended Lamdin, but following significant backlash, BBC chief Tony Hall is now apologizing for the incident.
The BBC has faced backlash following a reporter’s use of a racial slur during a report.
Lamdin specifically used the term when describing what the attackers said to the victim during the ordeal.
On Tuesday July 28, on BBC’s Points West, social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin was reporting on an alleged, unprovoked racist attack on a British healthcare worker when she used the N-word.