Sky News Apologizes for This Incredibly Tasteless MH17 Report

After some outrage over a particularly tasteless Sky News report on the tragic Malaysia Airlines crash, the British news network apologized on Sunday.

Over the weekend, during his live report from the Eastern Ukraine crash scene of MH17, reporter Colin Brazier began rummaging through a victim’s suitcase and holding items up for the camera.

Seemingly realizing the error of his ways, Brazier stopped himself mid-report, saying, “We shouldn’t really be doing this, I suppose.”

Sky News later issued an apology:

Today whilst presenting from the site of the MH17 air crash Colin Brazier reflected on the human tragedy of the event and showed audiences the content of one of the victims’ bags. Colin immediately recognised that this was inappropriate and said so on air. Both Colin and Sky News apologise profusely for any offence caused.

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