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Charlotte McIntyre

BBC News suffers major blunder during live broadcast as viewers mock broadcaster

BBC News suffered a technical blunder on Monday during a broadcast of President Biden's meeting with King Charles resulting in viewers mocking the channel.

The blunder took place during a segment where BBC broadcasters explained the order of the day for the important meeting.

BBC News covered the event extensively as the US President prepared to meet Charles for the first time in his new role as the King.

As the BBC presenters discussed Biden's visit with Charles and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the camera shot of Windsor Castle vanished.

The picture suddenly disappeared and the infamous colour bars error screen flashed up while a breaking news banner remained on screen.

Many viewers found the "breaking" text amusing and took to Twitter to comment.

One wrote: "BBC Breaking v accurate, there," while another added: "Breaking or broken."

The blunder left BBC viewers baffled (BBC)

The colourful error graphic featured the text: "Sky News SNO2," leaving some viewers confused.

One remarked: "Still find it funny when BBC News use Sky News feed, or vice versa. Even more funny when the feed goes down! #Oops," and another said: "Forgive my ignorance, but why does it say Sky News? Were they using their feed?"

Meanwhile, another joked the technical blunder was connected to the Taylor Swift ticket chaos after fans reported issues with Ticketmaster as they tried to get their hands on tickets for her London and Edinburgh shows.

"Me trying to get wheelchair tickets for #TaylorSwift at Wembley," one viewer joked.

The technical glitch follows a presenter blunder last week as newsreader Samantha Simmonds was heard making unusual noises while believing her microphone was turned off.

On Thursday, Samantha anchored the channel's evening news bulletin but as she handed over to the weather team, it became clear she was unaware she could still be heard by BBC News viewers.

"And now with a look at the weather here's Chris Fawkes," she said before Chris began his forecast.

The newsreader was heard making a loud sigh before shouting out "yes" following by inaudible speaking.

Weather presenter Chris continued on with his forecast unaware of the newsreader's microphone blunder.

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