The BBC has apologized for mistakenly including footage of LeBron James in an obituary on Kobe Bryant, just hours after the decorated La Lakers basketball star died in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
BBC One’s flagship 10Pm bulletin led on Bryant’s death and 30-seconds into Chris Buckler’s report, footage of James on the basketball court was flashed up on screen. The clip was of James beating Bryant’s career points tally, but no context was offered to viewers.
The error — which was still available to view on BBC streaming service iPlayer at the time of publication — was immediately spotted by viewers, who voiced their dismay on Twitter.
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...
BBC One’s flagship 10Pm bulletin led on Bryant’s death and 30-seconds into Chris Buckler’s report, footage of James on the basketball court was flashed up on screen. The clip was of James beating Bryant’s career points tally, but no context was offered to viewers.
The error — which was still available to view on BBC streaming service iPlayer at the time of publication — was immediately spotted by viewers, who voiced their dismay on Twitter.
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...
- 1/27/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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