Steve Emerson, a Fox News commentator, pictured, was speaking about the terror attacks in France when he described Birmingham as as a “Muslim-only city” where non-Muslims “don’t go in”. But he was forced to withdraw the remarks and offered a make a donation to the city’s children’s hospital after being bombarded with protests over the claims. His apology read: “I have clearly made a terrible error for which I am deeply sorry. My comments about Birmingham were totally in error. And I am issuing an apology and correction on my website immediately for having made this comment about the beautiful city of Birmingham. I do not intend to justify or mitigate my mistake by stating that I had relied on other sources because I should have been much more careful. There was no excuse for making this mistake and I owe an apology to every resident of Birmingham. I am not going to make any excuses. I made an inexcusable error. And I am obligated to openly acknowledge that mistake. I intend to make a donation to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.”
Mr Emerson also took to Twitter to apologise.
