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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV after ‘failure’ to assist inquiry into racist post

Mike Graham, with dishevelled air, talks to another man outside
Graham said last month he was ‘mortified that such a post could have gone out in my name’ and apologised ‘for any distress it has caused to anyone’. Photograph: Andrew Stehrenberger/Alamy

The presenter Mike Graham has been dismissed from Rupert Murdoch’s digital channel TalkTV, after the company said he had failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post that appeared on one of his social media accounts.

Graham, 65, was suspended by the broadcaster, owned by Murdoch’s News UK, after concerns were raised about the message, which was posted on his Facebook account last month.

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