Channel 4 News Apologises For Boris Johnson 'People Of Colour' Subtitle Gaffe

But Chuka Umunna is still very angry.
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Channel 4 News has apologised for posting a video of Boris Johnson on Twitter with subtitles claiming he had referred to “people of colour” instead of “people of talent” during a talk about immigration.

Speaking in Derbyshire, the PM told a crowd: “I’m in favour of having people of talent come to this country but I think we should have it democratically controlled.”

Perhaps thrown by Johnson’s unusual sentence construction, Channel 4 News posted a clip, with subtitles, erroneously stating he had said the process of “people of colour” coming to the UK should be “democratically controlled”.

The original tweet has since been deleted and the programme quickly admitted the subtitling was a “mistake”.

It added: “We misheard and we apologise.”

Boris Johnson says “people of talent” not “people of colour.”

Our earlier tweet was a mistake. We misheard and we apologise.

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) December 6, 2019

Conservative Party chairman James Cleverley tweeted: “Boris has used the phrase ‘people of talent’ many times during this election campaign in relation to our points based immigration policy.”

But within minutes of the original video being posted, “people of colour” was trending on Twitter and tweets expressing outrage flooded the social media site.

I can’t get over this. The Prime Minister literally just said he wants to subject people of colour to “democratic control” after Brexit. How is this not being covered? https://t.co/NU7TFYqyzE

— Christopher Wylie 🏳️🌈 (@chrisinsilico) December 6, 2019

Look, I really rate the work you are doing, but you cannot get things like this wrong. It is too important. That video with your subtitles saying "people of colour" is already out there. https://t.co/lHv9HiUkx7

— Musa Okwonga (@Okwonga) December 6, 2019

The apology appeared to be inadequate for Lib Dem MP Chuka Umunna, demanding of the already widely available footage: “Let people see the clip and they can decide.”

Apparently believing the broadcaster should have doubled down on its mistake instead of owning up, he added: “Have you been threatened with consequences if you do not apologise?”

Why not let people see the clip and they can decide? Have you been threatened with consequences if you do not apologise? https://t.co/ppYQYPHedE

— Chuka Umunna (@ChukaUmunna) December 6, 2019

Elsewhere, Johnson has unveiled a new election poster in a visit to Kent, PA Media reports.

It declares: “Get Britain out of neutral.”

The poster does not state which gear the Conservatives want to put Britain in. The gearstick has a choice of gears one to five and reverse.

Channel 4 thinking they've got a scoop pic.twitter.com/7NYSu5L8LO

— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) December 6, 2019
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