Reporter used spit to fix hair and Twitter can't handle it
Pity the remote reporter who has no control when the feed goes live and catches him or her in a vulnerable moment.
This happened to NBC's Matt Bradley who was broadcasting a live spot from Syria about the fight against ISIS. When the feed switched over, unbeknownst to Bradley, viewers got a full dose of the reporter using his spit to fix his hair.
Oh man, poor Bradley. Plenty of us have done something similar before in a moment of desperation but we weren't caught doing it on national cable television. Sure enough, Twitter responded to video of the moment with shock.
— Scooter Phoenix (@ScooterPhoenix) March 22, 2019
— tmi3rd (@tmi3rd) March 22, 2019
— Angela Rose (@AngelaRoseBoyle) March 23, 2019
— Venice Casual (@VeniceCasual) March 22, 2019
— Game_pusher (@Game_pusher) March 23, 2019
— shibababy ⚡️ (@shibababy_) March 23, 2019
Amidst the rush of Twitter's bombardment of GIFs and jokes, though, CNBC anchor Carl Quintanilla chimed in later, coming to the defense of his network-mate with a really good point.
Folks reporting live from Syria can get ready for air any. Way. They. Want. 💯
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) March 22, 2019
Indeed, fighting continues in Syria despite reports that ISIS has lost control of its last territory in the war-torn country. But when it came to the spitting incident, Bradley handled the reaction with good humor.
#WarIsHell https://t.co/FToGE1s8lu
— Matt Bradley (@MattMcBradley) March 22, 2019
With that out of the way, Bradley did eventually get to do his report on-air, free of any spitting, and he continues to relay essential information from the ground where the fight continues.