Colin Brazier has apologised for his “serious error of judgment” in rifling through a child’s suitcase during a live Sky News broadcast from the MH17 disaster area in Ukraine. Although he has been widely condemned, a former BBC reporter, Andy Johnson, has written a supportive blog pleading: “Let’s not hang Colin Brazier out to dry.” “Broadcasting live from a situation like that is fraught with dangers… This was a long, open-ended presentational broadcast, a technique pioneered on Sky News. As Brazier explains it delivers insights that anchoring a piece from London simply cannot do… … …read more
Source: The Guardian
