BBC's Matt Chorley apologizes to Nigel Farage for misquoting "white cold rage" on Newsnight
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Summary
BBC presenter Matt Chorley publicly apologized to Nigel Farage for misquoting him during a Newsnight interview. Chorley mistakenly said Farage used the phrase "white cold rage" instead of the correct "pure, cold rage" when discussing the murder of Henry Nowak. Chorley admitted the error was a misremembering and repeated the incorrect quote three times during the interview with Kemi Badenoch. The BBC also issued an apology.
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However I referred to 'white cold rage'. This was a mistake on my part, a misremembering of the quote.
It didn't change the content of the interview but I should have got the quote right. I apologise to Nigel Farage for this.
Matt Chorley says he "misremembered" a quote by the Reform leader, which was "a mistake on my part".
