‘Broadcasting colleagues have spoken in support of Alastair Stewart after he stepped down from ITV News, apparently in the wake of a Twitter race row.
Ranvir Singh, political editor of ITV’s Good Morning Britain, said: “I would never use the word ‘racist’ and his name in the same sentence.”
Others posting personal tributes to Stewart included former ITV newsreader Katie Derham and Sky’s Adam Boulton.
Stewart left after what ITN called “errors of judgment” on social media.’
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