BBC issue apology for sweary Rishi Sunak word cloud

After members of the public were asked to provide words describing new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a word cloud was generated by Savanta ComRes featuring a wealth of both positive and negative descriptors for the Conservative Party leader. The BBC News channel shared the word cloud live on air on Monday but unfortunately, some obscene language also slipped through during the afternoon news broadcast. Now, the corporation has released an apologetic statement addressing the slip-up.Viewers have been given an apology after the words ‘c***’ and ‘t**t’ were broadcast during the news on Monday afternoon.The British public was given a visual representation of how the public views the new PM after he took power the same day.In addition to both complementary and unfavourable monickers for the Tory leader, two four-letter words for female genitalia were also included in the graph.Strangely, while the word ‘c***’ was censored in the cloud, ‘t**t’ was broadcast in full view.READ MORE: BBC viewers call for Laura Kuenssberg and Fiona Bruce to be removed1687210 BBC issue grovelling apology for sweary Rishi Sunak word cloud with words ‘c**t’ and ‘t**t’ (Image: Getty/Savanta ComRes) BBC: Two offensive words slipped into the word cloud (Image: BBC) BBC viewers were asked to describe the new PM (Image: Getty) BBC presenter Martine Croxall was suspended after celebrating Boris Johnson pulling out (Image: BBC)It was initially shared across social media, but the offensive language was clearly missed by the BBC when they picked it up for Monday’s programme.The words were shown for around 10 seconds at about 3:45pm on Monday afternoon, well before offensive language is normally allowed to be broadcast by the corporation.Savanta ComRes’ word cloud for Sunak included positive adjectives such as ‘trustworthy’, ‘competent’ and ‘confident’.However, viewers have also described the new PM as everything from ‘greedy’ and ‘selfish’ to ‘slimy’ and ‘corrupt’.DON’T MISS:The Good Doctor star Antonia Thomas lands huge Apple TV role [NEWS]I’m A Celeb’s Wild West set unveiled [LATEST]Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons exposes deleted Sheldon moment [INSIGHT]’Rich’ was the biggest word on the board by some margin, in reference to Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty’s estimated £730 million fortune.’Good’ and ‘okay’ were also prominent, as well as ‘clever’, ‘capable’, ‘idiot’ and ‘liar’.While viewers are clearly divided on Sunak’s first days in Downing Street, this is the second time within just a few days the BBC has been in trouble for its stance on the Conservative Party.News presenter Martine Croxall was suspended earlier after she was clearly happy with Boris Johnson’s decision to pull out of the leadership race.