Folks, I have found it: the best Hurricane Irma reporting anywhere on the globe pic.twitter.com/QWzc7L8K0t
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 10, 2017
Donkin was seen contemplating which camera to pose for. First he walked out of the frame, before returning to stand in front of what he assumed was the right camera. Only to find out that his original position was right all along!
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Considering the broadcast was at 2am UK time, Donkin could have managed to get away, unfortunately for him though, it was prime-time news in the United States. The awkward incident did not go unnoticed; it was in fact captured and shared by Twitter user, Andrew Roberts.
😂 wonderful car crash opening to BBC World News just now. Pick a camera, any camera 😛 pic.twitter.com/5XxrdwQXcr
— Andrew Roberts 💬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@AndyMRoberts) September 9, 2017
BTW, this was not the fault of @TomDonkinBBC, he was told to stand in the wrong position for the automated camera move and was told the
— Andrew Roberts 💬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@AndyMRoberts) September 10, 2017
It has since gone viral, with people joining in on the humour:
For me, the real magic is in the series of spokesmodel poses he strikes when he first thinks he's hit his mark. Poor sod. pic.twitter.com/nbqjN9US2B
— Anders Andreyevitch (@ANDREYEVSKY) September 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/hollie_haines/status/906518424393830401
Incredible. The skill. https://t.co/A2DcG58ZWG
— Steph ✨️ 🚒 (@marinasmin_) September 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/__Soronprfbs/status/906870499728347137
https://twitter.com/obrien_jonathan/status/906845302765826049
With over 10, 000 likes and more than 4,300 retweets, Roberts offered Donkin an apology for helping the incident go viral.
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correct position far too late when he was already live and on screen. Sorry @TomDonkinBBC , I didn't expect this to go viral like it has 😳
— Andrew Roberts 💬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (@AndyMRoberts) September 10, 2017
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