luggage By AFP AFP x2013 13 hours ago AFPAFPFile Belongings of passengers on the site of the crash of the Malaysia Airlines jet near the town of Shaktarsk in rebel held east Ukraine on ID: 236674
Download Pdf The PPT/PDF document "Sky News apologises for rummaging throug..." is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Sky News apologises for rummaging through MH17 luggage By AFP | AFP – 13 hours ago AFP/AFP/File - Belongings of passengers on the site of the crash of the Malaysia Airlines jet, near the town of Shaktarsk, in rebel - held east Ukraine on July 18, 2014 ANI - Sun, Jul 20, 2014 British broadcaster Sky News apologised after one of its presenters searched through luggage at the crash site of downed flight MH17 live on air on Sunday. In a news broadcast, presenter Colin Brazier was shown rooting through personal belongings in an opened suitcase at the site, picking up a set of keys before saying: "We shouldn't really be doing this." The footage was greeted with anger on social media, including calls for Brazier to be sacked. BBC presenter Jacqui Oatley tweeted tha t she was "astonished" while Joe Watson, a professor of Mass Media at Baker University described it as a "horrible moment for journalism". "Today whilst presenting from the site of the MH17 air crash Colin Brazier reflected on the human tragedy of the even t and showed audiences the content of one of the victims' bags," a Sky News spokesperson said. "Colin immediately recognised that this was inappropriate and said so on air. Both Colin and Sky News apologise profusely for any offence caused." The incident c ame as Australia called for respect for the bodies of the 298 who perished in the disaster, amid reports the crash site was being trampled and interfered with as investigators struggled to reach the site due to conflict.