Watch: BBC ‘News at 10’ runs footage of LeBron James as Kobe Bryant during tribute, angering viewers
BBC has apologised for the mix up, which many social users believe was not only careless but also ignorant, since the two players look nothing like each other.
I genuinely cannot believe that the actual BBC News at 10 just did this pic.twitter.com/n6csMV9OOG
— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) January 26, 2020
Deeply unfortunate mix up from BBC. They got two big, Black men confused and featured Lebron James instead of late Kobe Bryant in this news segment. This only adds to our collective grief at this time. Has a correction and apology been issued yet? Shame. pic.twitter.com/jCUejPKWc4
— Nadine White (@Nadine_Writes) January 26, 2020
BBC News at 10pm used Lebron James footage for the Kobe story. WTF?
— Jasmine Dotiwala (@jasminedotiwala) January 26, 2020
His jersey SAYS JAMES!
SMH
Come on! Do better!
Hire better diverse staff. https://t.co/f95hyTJDFo
Can't believe BBC News just played clips of Lebron James during the Kobe Bryant report...
— Ed Aarons (@ed_aarons) January 26, 2020
... MSNBC broke the news uttering a racial epithet and the BBC using footage of Lebron James in their tribute to Kobe. Tell me some more about how journalism isn't broken.
— Richard Lewis (@RLewisReports) January 26, 2020
how did the BBC manage to show a picture of the WRONG person.... RIP Kobe ❤️ pic.twitter.com/1U3pceJZgN
— georgie (@georgiedownerr) January 26, 2020
In tonight’s coverage of the death of Kobe Bryant on #BBCNewsTen we mistakenly used pictures of LeBron James in one section of the report. We apologise for this human error which fell below our usual standards on the programme.
— Paul Royall (@paulroyall) January 26, 2020
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