Subpar bit of timing by BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri earlier as she held a middle finger up to the camera moments before she was due to go live, and was still holding it up when the bulletin began.
Decent recovery though, will give her that:
WATCH: BBC anchor caught flipping middle finger right into the camera live on air: ‘Live from London’ pic.twitter.com/0JKca0Ogfy
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) December 7, 2023
A meme is born.
Maryam has since apologised for the incident and explained her thought process behind it:
Hey everyone , yesterday just before the top of the hour I was joking around a bit with the team in the gallery.
I was pretending to count down as the director was counting me down from 10-0.. including the fingers to show the number. So from 10 fingers held up to one.
When…
— Maryam Moshiri (@BBCMaryam) December 7, 2023
Well, I guess that’s fair enough. Just having a moment of levity with the crew! Obviously there’s no shortage of pearl-clutchers out there in total meltdown over this, citing it as an example of the BBC’s lack of professionalism and why we shouldn’t trust them and whatnot. I mean, there’s plenty of reasons to be skeptical about the BBC’s reporting, but a presenter flipping the bird on camera? Give her a break…
For news on Anne Robinson turning down a return to The Weakest Link because the BBC has become too ‘woke’ for her liking, click HERE.
