Shortly before a BBC morning news broadcast, Iranian-British news anchor Maryam Moshiri was spotted flipping off a camera. Now, the video has gone viral.

The incident happened while the BBC’s Daily Global Programme was airing.

The camera abruptly cut to the studio as the channel counted down the remaining seconds before the show was scheduled to start. Moshiri, the chief presenter of the Daily Global Programme, was seen briefly turning off the camera before she moved smoothly into delivering the news.

Maryam Moshiri, an Iranian-British woman who has worked for BBC as a Lead News Presenter since 2003, was announced as the chief presenter for the channel’s successful The Daily Global programme in June 2023. The morning programme was slated to provide viewers “with an in-depth rundown of some of the day’s significant stories from around the world.”

BBC News anchor has come under fire after she was caught flipping off a camera seconds before delivering the morning news.

The 16-second clip was widely circulated online and has amassed over four hundred thousand views. It has also sparked wild reactions online from bemused netizens, who took to the comments to share their thoughts on the incident.

While some found humor in Moshiri’s obvious blunder, others criticized her professionalism as a journalist.