The way this BBC News guy deals with a heckler is just next level stuff
The BBC’s Stephen McDonell was reporting on the escalating violence in Hong Kong when a protestor kept on interrupting to suggest it was ‘fake news’.
And we’re not unhappy that they did because the way he dealt with it was just awesome.
The BBC's China correspondent isnt having any of your sh!t pic.twitter.com/DS3tBbjEYe
— Ameme Hack (@AmemeHack) July 20, 2019
Simply next level stuff.
More blunt correspondents please and thank you.
— Larry Short (@Larry_Short) July 21, 2019
Brilliant good for him. Expertly handled.
— Phillip Pearson (@Pip336) July 20, 2019
It’s what they have to do now. Challenge their nonsense.
— Aisling 🇮🇪🇪🇺 (@Aisling_Pash) July 21, 2019
And here is what McDonell himself had to say about the incident. Gets more chilling the further down you go.
When the pro-Beijing camp crashes your TV live cross at their rally in #HongKong part 1. #China pic.twitter.com/bdq6QZ8zI0
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) July 20, 2019
When the pro-Beijing camp crashes your TV live cross at their rally in #HongKong part 2. #China pic.twitter.com/bU3Sy20eil
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) July 20, 2019
What you can’t see (and hear) behind our cameraman Alex are the pro-Beijing hecklers telling telling me to “go and die”. pic.twitter.com/Wl1ZhcsxVQ
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) July 20, 2019
Seems to be confusion amongst some as to why pro-Beijing nationalists would crash our live cross after I mentioned amongst other things the arrest of a pro-independence activist with alleged connection to explosives. This is why… [cont]
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) July 21, 2019
Because they were not actually listening to what I was saying. They couldn’t care less what the content of the cross was. A group of nationalist zealots just arrived minds made up and started abusing us. We’re foreign media so must be anti-#China If you don’t like it it’s “fake”.
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) July 21, 2019
Oh and BTW when I said violence was escalating in #HongKong in connection with this crisis, gee what was I thinking? It’s been so peaceful here over the past 24 hours. Those white shirt thugs sent in to bash pro-democracy demonstrators they’re just misunderstood. https://t.co/oAWSKqwkWZ
— Stephen McDonell (@StephenMcDonell) July 22, 2019
To conclude …
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