 'As the public face of the PSNI, Chief Constable Simon Byrne…as the public face of the PSNI, Chief Constable Simon Byrne has been under an incredible amount of pressure over this data breach,' she said. Things then got even more awkward as the national broadcaster then went on to air some colourful language. 'Today he said he was 'deeply sorry', describing the breach as, of…I can't get my words out…f***,' she said. The reporter could then be seen pursing her lips and rolling her tongue over her teeth in frustration. A clip showing correspondent Charlotte Gallagher swearing was accidently played (Picture: BBC) The sound then cut out and the channel cut back to the studio, where Matthew jumped in: 'Well, apologies there for that confusion. 'That was our correspondent Charlotte Gallagher, she's monitoring what's been happening there at that news conference. 'We will get more on that here i){kind=link}
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BBC News has suffered a slightly awkward gaffe after airing a segment showing a reporter swearing.
On Thursday, anchor Matthew Amroliwala was hosting when he gave an update on the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s mass data breach, which has seen 10,000 officers’ details published by mistake.
While there had been plans to air clips of a press conference on the matter, something went wrong and it didn’t play, leading the presenter to then announce he was crossing to journalist Charlotte Gallagher.