Oh dear. Spare a thought for the brains over at BBC Breakfast today. As the presenters told viewers that they would be speaking to Nicola Sturgeon, video footage of a psycho gorilla flashed up on the screen. This meant Auntie had to issue a hasty apology — clarifying that they were not suggesting Sturgeon was the agressive gorilla that escaped from London zoo:
That awkward moment when BBC Breakfast runs a video of a gorilla whilst trailing Nicola Sturgeon's interview pic.twitter.com/X4owv0Wi7u
— Andrew Bloch (@AndrewBloch) October 14, 2016
Perhaps the Nats were onto something after all with regards to BBC bias…

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