Channel 5 poll asked viewers whether ‘mong’, ‘spaz’ or ‘retard’ was the most offensive term relating to learning difficulties Matthew Wright’s Channel 5 daytime show is being investigated by Ofcom over a survey that used the words “mong”, “spaz” and “retard”. The Wright Stuff, which holds the dubious honour of airing the item which attracted the most complaints to Ofcom in 2011 , is being investigated by the media regulator to see if the poll was a breach of broadcasting rules relating to harm and offence.
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Matthew Wright investigated over disability slurs in TV poll
