He’s a decent bloke, well worth a follow on the twitter.

Why are we so thin-skinned nowadays??

How was he being "thin-skinned"?

He was challenging the divisive stand point that anyone who does not agree with your own view of the national interest is a "traitor" isn't that a worthwhile point to make?

He seemed to think that the PM was, and that she needed protecting from such howwid howwid words.

I've been called that, and worse, on here and I'm not even in the public sphere.

We all need to get a grip.

I think standing up for somebody else against an unfair insult is different from not being able to take an insult yourself.   Shows the value of independent TV news, a BBC reporter would never have done that.

The job of the BBC is to report, not to make moral judgements.

I agree.  I don't criticise the BBC.   I sometimes think it is good however if a tv reporter stands up for what is right.

It wasn't that the word ought never to be used.  He was suggesting that the user think about whether it was applicable or justifiable.

Bellowing angry words ought not to be the level of discourse in the 21st century.

He was asking him to use some thinking skills.  That's all.

You are forgetting that he was reporting live and had just unwittingly given a platform to that chap.  He didn’t want the opinion which had been shown to viewers to go unchallenged.  

Taking responsibility for what he has just broadcast is the mark of a decent journalist.

Wot PP sed.

Can't expect more from these thick racists though, tbf.

V.good point Teclis.

I watched it live, so not sure if it is in the clip, but I also enjoyed the main presenter's response "somebody has had 3 Weetabix this morning"