Breakfast TV filmed migrants bailing out water from their boat in the English Channel – only 5 responses you need

John Plunkett. Updated August 11th, 2020

BBC Breakfast has been trending, although presumably not for the reasons they would have hoped, after they filmed a ‘sinking’ refugee boat attempting to cross the English Channel.

Reporter Simon Jones was on another boat watching them ‘bailing out water’ as they headed towards the coast.

Have a watch for yourself.

"They're using a plastic container to try to bail out the boat"
Live on #BBCBreakfast @SimonJonesNews found another migrant boat attempting to cross the Channel. The group say they're from Syria. https://t.co/jidwhEOcIJ pic.twitter.com/Z62i9AmmYm

— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) August 10, 2020

And these are surely the only 5 responses you need.

What kind of dystopian shit is this https://t.co/SCePZZSyZN

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) August 10, 2020

This is up there as some of the most disgusting journalism I've ever seen. The boat is about to capsize and he's commentating on it like it's a football match. Appalling. https://t.co/Hg990uS55m

— Aleesha (@a_leesha1) August 10, 2020

This isn't journalism, it's perverse voyeurism. https://t.co/O1YXgy1C7h

— Paul Sweeney (@PaulJSweeney) August 10, 2020

https://twitter.com/Reverend_Makers/status/1292811276981276672?s=20

I think the BBC can sometimes be a bit too impartial. https://t.co/7e7WlK42QN

— Limmy (@DaftLimmy) August 10, 2020

This seemed like the best idea.

Let them on your boat https://t.co/rMI1RKqgSV

— Matt Zarb-Cousin (@mattzarb) August 10, 2020

To conclude …

How incredibly sickening that watching desperate souls fleeing for their lives has become a spectator sport to be commented on by the national broadcasters. https://t.co/nTzog1MuyA

— Liam Young (@liamyoung) August 10, 2020

And this.

Alexa. Show me evidence of how low we’ve fallen as a society. https://t.co/XChx1virlo

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 10, 2020

Source @BBCBreakfast