British journalist Martin Bashir has quit his US TV role over his remarks savaging former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
His suggestion Palin should eat faeces ignited an uproar.
On November 15, during his regular afternoon show on the liberal news channel MSNBC, Bashir referred to her comments comparing the
US debt to China to slavery.
He described her as a world-class idiot and America's resident dunce, then suggested that someone ought to defecate in her mouth, a punishment historically administered to slaves by particularly cruel slave-owners.
The 50-year-old later apologised for his "ill-judged and deeply offensive" outburst, then went on an extended holiday. He has now announced his resignation.
