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		</div><p>Channel 4 News has apologised for erroneously producing a social media clip which reported Boris Johnson saying he is in favour of having “people of colour” come to the UK instead of “people of talent”.</p>
<p>In a tweet from its social media account, the broadcaster admitted Mr Johnson said “people of talent”, adding: “We misheard and we apologise.”</p>
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<p>But a senior Tory source accused Channel 4 of “inventing the most damaging things possible to further their campaign against Brexit”.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boris Johnson says “people of talent” not “people of colour.”</p>
<p>Our earlier tweet was a mistake. We misheard and we apologise.</p>
<p>&mdash; Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) <a href="https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1202913424243601408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The video came from a speech the British Prime Minister made in front of workers in Derbyshire on Thursday afternoon as he discussed immigration after Brexit.</p>
<p>Channel 4’s video contained the subtitles: “I’m in favour of having people of colour come to this country.</p>
<p>“But I think we should have it democratically controlled.”</p>
<p>As a row erupted over whether Mr Johnson said “colour” or “talent”, Channel 4 News removed the video from its social media page.</p>
<p>It then tweeted: “Boris Johnson says ‘people of talent’ not ‘people of colour’.</p>
<p>“Our earlier tweet was a mistake. We misheard and we apologise.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boris has used the phrase “people of talent” many times during this election campaign in relation to our points based immigration policy. <a href="https://t.co/t45FfTpFdI">https://t.co/t45FfTpFdI</a></p>
<p>&mdash; James Cleverly (@JamesCleverly) <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesCleverly/status/1202916337342922752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 6, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Conservatives had vehemently denied the Prime Minister said “people of colour”.</p>
<p>A senior Tory source said: “This shows why it has been impossible to co-operate with Channel 4 News, they are campaigners in this election – inventing the most damaging things possible to further their campaign against Brexit.</p>
<p>“This sort of thing is why so many media organisations have collapsing audiences. We sadly do not expect the senior management at Channel 4 to take this terrible mistake seriously and we expect more of the same.”</p>
<p>Conservative Party chairman James Cleverly tweeted: “Boris has used the phrase ‘people of talent’ many times during this election campaign in relation to our points based immigration policy.”</p>
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