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ITV launch formal probe into Good Morning Britain after ‘humiliating blunder too big to ignore' left viewers outraged
ITV is investigating Good Morning Britain's Holocaust Memorial Day coverage after it failed to say victims were Jewish.
Anchor Ranvir Singh said six million people were killed in Nazi death camps — but did not mention they were Jews.
She went on to say others were targeted for being ' Polish, disabled, gay or belonged to another ethnic group'.
The segment on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in January sparked outrage.
Both ITV and Singh apologised for the 'mistake'.
But insiders say bosses have now launched a formal investigation.
A source said: ' Good Morning Britain is a flagship programme for ITV and to allow a blunder like this was too big to simply ignore.
'They are now investigating how this happened and the top brass want answers.
'ITV pride themselves on their news coverage but this was lower than sub par.
'Fingers of blame have been pointed but now the probe will uncover who allowed it to happen and there will be consequences.
'It has been hugely humiliating and is a headache the bosses over at ITV really could do without.'
The Campaign Against Antisemitism slammed the segment at the time, saying if it was meant as a tribute to victims it 'failed abysmally and ignores the true nature of this horrific event'.
