The BBC has apologized on air after it came under fire for mistakenly showing Raheem Sterling’s picture while a broadcaster read a story about a player arrested for rape.
BBC News has issued an on-air apology after the mistake in its sportscast. In another bulletin, a broadcaster appeared, apologizing to the audience and the player for the mistake that had occurred.
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“In our sports bulletin this morning, an image appeared due to a technical error in connection with the story of a Premier League player who has been arrested for alleged sexual offences,” the presenter said. A picture of a different player was shown and completely unconnected to him, we apologize for this error.”
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When BBC News presenter Mike Bushell was reading the news on Thursday morning, an image of Sterling mistakenly appeared on the screen behind him, not the player who had been arrested.