{"id":24194,"date":"2022-10-20T14:19:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T12:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1725488"},"modified":"2022-10-20T15:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:07:32","slug":"krishnan-guru-murthy-suspended-from-channel-4-news-after-expletive","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/krishnan-guru-murthy-suspended-from-channel-4-news-after-expletive\/","title":{"rendered":"Krishnan Guru-Murthy suspended from Channel 4 News after expletive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 20 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been suspended from Channel 4 News after he was heard on a livestream using an expletive to describe Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker.<\/p>\n

Following the interview with Baker yesterday and during an off-air moment, Guru-Murthy was heard on a livestream saying: \u201cWhat a c**t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Channel 4 said in a statement today: \u201cChannel 4 has a strict code of conduct for all its employees, including its programming teams and on-air presenters, and takes any breaches seriously.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing an off-air incident, Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been taken off air for a week.\u201d<\/p>\n

The broadcaster has noted that, due to a pre-existing week of leave which had been scheduled, Guru-Murthy will now not return to Channel 4 News until 4th November 2022.<\/p>\n

After a robust interview with Steve Baker MP I used a very offensive word in an unguarded moment off air. \u00a0While it was not broadcast that word in any context is beneath the standards I set myself and I apologise unreservedly. I have reached out to Steve Baker to say sorry<\/p>\u2014 Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@krishgm) October 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>