A BBC presenter raised her middle finger in the air during a news bulletin

A BBC presenter has apologized after an unfortunate moment during a news bulletin when she appeared to raise her middle finger.

Specifically, Maryam Moshiri Lead presenter From the channel BBC News, He made this obscene gestureRight after the countdown To the beginning of the newsletter.

But very quickly, she realized that she was already in the air and quietly moved on to a current affairs show, with her photo done around the internet.

The incident was commented on by the CleanFeed@The TV Room account on the X platform, who characteristically wrote that “It’s been a long time since the raised middle finger gesture had a place on BBC News…“, so the broadcaster answered how It was an inside joke, an inside joke on the channel With her colleagues.

“I am sorry about that. I made a joke with my team I pretended to count down while the manager counted from 10 to 0, including my fingers to show the number.

“When we got to 1 I turned my finger as a joke and I didn’t realize this would be recorded by camera” he said characteristically Apology.

“It was an inside joke between us and my team and I’m so sorry it went out on air! It was not my intention for this to happen and I am sorry if I offended or upset anyone. I didn’t do it for the viewers or anyone. It was a silly joke directed at my friends“, I finish.

This incident comes after the British government confirmed this Veteran TV director Samir ShahHe was Preferred candidate To take over the presidency of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Sameer Shah, is currently the Managing Director of the production company Juniper TV and was also Executive director of Boris Johnson’s controversial commission reportl Racial and ethnic disparitieswhich concluded that “the claim that the country remains institutionally racist is not supported by the evidence.”

With information from the national