BBC social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin says ‘n****r’ in report

A white BBC presenter has been slammed after she said ‘n****r’ in a report on a racist hit-and-run attack on a black NHS worker.

Social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin used the offensive language when covering a collision between a Honda Accord and a 21-year-old man in Bristol.

The car was said to have deliberately hit the victim as he left Southmead Hospital after a shift last Wednesday.

Horrified witnesses said he was flung from the pavement into a nearby garden as two thugs reportedly hurled racist abuse at him.

The victim suffered from a broken leg, nose and cheekbone but has survived the attack.

Lamdin shocked viewers during the 10.30am clip when she said: ‘Just to warn you, you’re about to hear highly offensive language.

‘Because as the men ran away, they hurled racial abuse, calling him a n*****.’

BBC guidance says strong language should not be used before the 9pm watershed, but ‘n****r’ is usually seen as too rude to ever air.

Watdog Ofcom said in 2016 the word was ‘highly unacceptable at all times’ but could if it is used  ‘strong contextualisation [is] required’.

Social media users blasted Lamdin and the BBC for using the word uncensored and so early in the day.

LBC producer Ava Santina posted: ‘BBC News have just used N***** without bleeping, non-censored on daytime television. Read by a journalist. Terrible editorial decision.’

Freelance multimedia journalist Zab Mustefa put: ‘I’m just wondering why you thought it’s acceptable to drop the n-word in your report on BBC News?

‘Didn’t you get the memo? Non-Black people can never say that word, even when describing a racist incident.’

Another person posted: ‘Actually can’t believe they just repeated the n-word on my local BBC news during a report about a racist attack.

‘Even with a warning, is there any need to say it? It’s pretty easy to hint at what was said without using the word.