RACE STORM
BBC blasted over mixing up two female black MPs in on-air mistake days after Kobe Lebron mix up
THE BBC has sparked a race row for the second time in days by mixing up pictures of two black female MPs.
The corporation was slammed after it confused Marsha de Cordova with fellow Labour MP Dawn Butler.
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The fresh race row comes after the BBC made another huge error in confusing Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
Contender for the Labour deputy leadership Dawn Butler blasted the BBC for flashing her name up as Ms de Cordova spoke in Parliament.
She said: "@BBCNews @BBCPolitics I love my sister @MarshadeCordova but we are two different people. Marsha is amazing and deserves to be called by her own name."
"Diversity in the workplace matters it also helps to avoid making simple mistakes like this".
Ms de Cordova was furious over the mix-up.
She wrote: "This is what happens when the media does not represent the society it reports on. Representation matters. Diversity matters. This cannot continue."
This morning Ms de Cordova said the BBC still had not apologised.
She said: "It's not ok at all. Still no apology."
BBC Parliament finally tweeted an apology this morning.
They wrote: "We sincerely apologise for this mistake. Sometimes we incorrectly identify MPs at the moment when they stand to speak. This error was immediately corrected on screen."
The Beeb has been getting a beating over racial mistakes after it used a picture of LeBron James in its coverage of the death of Kobe Bryant.
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BBC's News at Ten programme mixed up pictures of James and Bryant just over a week ago in its report on the death of Byrant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna in a helicopter crash.
Newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti apologised for the error.
She said: "In our coverage of the death of Kobe Bryant, in one section of the report, we mistakenly showed pictures of another basketball player, LeBron James."
"We do apologise for the error."
Editor of BBC News at Six and Ten Paul Royall backed up the apology.
He wrote on twitter: "We apologise for the human error which fell below our usual standards on the programme."
BBC's News at Ten shows Lebron James instead of Kobe Bryant in opening package
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Fellow Labour MP Marsha de Cordova said there still has not been an apologyWe pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at [email protected] or call 0207 782 4368 . You can WhatsApp us on 07810 791 502. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours.
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