Channel 4 Takes News Anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy Off Air for a Week Following Abuse of Member of Parliament

Naman Ramachandran

20 October 2022 at 8:31 am·2-min read

U.K. public service broadcaster Channel 4 has taken news anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy off air for a week after an incident on Wednesday where he abused member of parliament Steve Baker off-air.

“Channel 4 has a strict code of conduct for all its employees, including its programming teams and on-air presenters, and takes any breaches seriously. Following an off-air incident Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has been taken off air for a week,” Channel 4 said in a statement on Thursday.

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During the ongoing political chaos in the U.K. government, Guru-Murthy interviewed Baker, a member of the ruling Conservative party. Once the interview was concluded, Guru-Murthy referred to Baker as a c**t.

In which Krishnan Guru-Murthy calls Steve Baker a c*nt
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— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) October 19, 2022

Guru-Murthy subsequently apologized.

“After a robust interview with Steve Baker MP I used a very offensive word in an unguarded moment off air. While 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,” Guru-Murthy tweeted.

After a robust interview with Steve Baker MP I used a very offensive word in an unguarded moment off air. While 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
— Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@krishgm) October 19, 2022

Guru-Murthy made the remark off-camera and off-air, after a U.K. parliamentary vote on fracking, following which he interviewed Baker. The voting process was chaotic with several Conservative members of parliament deciding not to back the government.

After the interview, a mic picked up a fragment of a conversation Guru-Murthy had with Baker, where he said: “It wasn’t a stupid question, Steve, you know it. I’m very happy to go up against you on Truss any day.” Following this, Guru-Murthy says to himself: “What a c**t.”

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