Naga Munchetty has said that broadcasters are not “robots” who are there to “blankly read the news”. The BBC Breakfast presenter became embroiled in an impartiality row last year over on-air comments she made about US president Donald Trump. Speaking to the Women’s Prize For Fiction Podcast, Munchetty said that journalists are “impartial but we are not idiots”. Expand Close (Ian West/PA) PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp (Ian West/PA)She added: “We are not robots, we are not there to simply blankly read the news, that isn’t our job. Expand Close (Peter Byrne/PA) PA / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp (Peter Byrne/PA)Last year, Munchetty was rebuked by the BBC after commenting on President Trump’s call for a group of female Democrats to “go back” to their own countries.

Source: Irish Independent June 06, 2020 10:07 UTC