THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: David Starkey, the historian, has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog over comments he made on newsnight that led to complaints he had been racist.
Ofcom will take no action over the comments made about the August riots on BBC2's Newsnight.
The BBC came under pressure to apologise after Starkey claimed that "whites have become blacks."
He blamed black culture for starting the riots and said that culture had spread into other parts of society.
Ofcom received 103 complaints claiming the comments breached rules about race discrimination or racial offence.
But Ofcom decided that the programme had been balanced and the discussion well-handled by presenter Emily Maitlis. » | Monday, October 03, 2011
