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BBC comes under fire for broadcasting episodes of The Apprentice starring a contestant accused of making 'a stream of anti-Jewish' comments


THE BBC was last night under fire for broadcasting episodes of The Apprentice starring a candidate accused of making 'a stream of anti-Jewish' comments on social media.

Television executives refused to take the programme off-air after former NHS doctor Asif Munaf continued to make ‘grotesquely antisemitic’ remarks after a BBC-organised diversity and inclusion training course. Last night a spokesperson for Campaign against antisemitism said: ‘How does the BBC think that Jewish people react when they turn on the television and see someone who has engaged in the most vicious rhetoric on their national broadcaster? The former medic turned entrepreneur has also made a series of misogynistic videos on Instagram including one titled ‘Have you ever met a beautiful feminist?’ and another entitled ‘Don’t Trust What Women Say’.

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