Good Morning Britain host Ranvir Singh has issued an apology after failing to mention Jews during the programme's Holocaust Memorial Day coverage.
The ITV presenter faced criticism after referring to "six million people" killed in concentration camps during World War II without specifying they were Jewish victims.
The controversy arose during Monday's broadcast marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which featured coverage of King Charles III becoming the first British monarch to visit the Nazi death camp.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism condemned the "dire reporting" as factually incorrect and accused the programme of erasing Jews from the genocide.
Singh addressed the error in Tuesday morning's broadcast with a formal apology for the omission.
During Monday's broadcast, Singh had said: "Six million people were killed in concentration camps during the Second World War, as well as millions of others because they were Polish, disabled, gay, or belonged to another ethnic group."
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The segment included coverage of King Charles III's historic visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau as the first British monarch to travel to the Nazi death camp.
According to critics, the word "Jewish" was not mentioned until more than two minutes into the segment, and then only in reference to history students visiting Krakow's Jewish quarter.
The coverage also notably omitted any mention of antisemitism during the two-minute segment, which included a piece to camera from GMB correspondent Nick Dixon live from Auschwitz.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism issued a strongly-worded statement on social media, saying: "Jews. The word you're looking for is 'Jews', not 'people'. This truly beggars belief."
Can you spot what’s missing here from ITV’s Holocaust coverage 🤯 pic.twitter.com/F8GvKiMy2D
— Patrick Christys (@PatrickChristys) January 27, 2025
The organisation added: "This dire reporting is not only factually incorrect but erases Jews from a genocide in which six million Jewish men, women and children were slaughtered specifically because they were Jews."
The CAA particularly criticised the programme's failure to use the word "antisemitism" at any point during the coverage.
"If this is intended to pay respect to the victims of Holocaust Memorial Day, it has failed abysmally and ignores the true nature of this horrific event," the group stated.
The organisation demanded an explanation from ITV for the oversight in their Holocaust Memorial Day coverage.
GB News star Patrick Christys was among those dumbfounded by the coverage, sharing a clip of the moment with the caption on X: "Can you spot whats missing here from ITVs Holocaust coverage?"
In Tuesday's broadcast, Singh acknowledged the error, stating: "In yesterday's news when we reported on the memorial events in Auschwitz, we said six million people were killed in the Holocaust, but crucially failed to say they were Jewish. That was our mistake, for which we apologise."
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North West Friends of Israel condemned the coverage, writing: "GMB you are missing ONE word... JEWS! Six million JEWS! This is disgraceful."
Journalist Nicole Lampert criticised the segment on social media, saying: "The whole thing is so strange and shows why for many Jewish people, the pain of Holocaust Memorial Day is compounded by the way it's used to trivialise Jewish suffering or even attack us."
A spokesperson from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust told the Jewish Chronicle that such omissions "contribute to a dangerous dilution of the Holocaust's lessons and significance."
