BBC News accused of privacy breach by fans over coverage of Liam Payne's funeral

BBC News has been slammed by viewers implicit its sum of Liam Payne's funeral, which was held earlier this week, arsenic immoderate accused the broadcaster of breaching the family's privacy

The BBC has been heavy criticised by viewers, with immoderate unhappy with its sum of Liam Payne's funeral.

On Saturday greeting (November 23), during BBC Breakfast, hosts Charlie Stayt and Sarah Campbell passed the baton to presenter Samira Ahmed for the latest occurrence of Newswatch. his fashionable segment, which gives viewers a level to dependable their thoughts connected BBC News's lawsuit reporting, tackled respective topics connected Saturday morning, including Victoria Derbyshire's pugnacious questioning of Jeremy Clarkson.

However, different contented raised was the mode BBC News handled the ceremonial proceedings of One Direction prima Liam, and however it seemed to infringe upon the family's privacy. In the study aired earlier this week, euphony analogous Mark Savage was stationed extracurricular the church.

He informed viewers astir the guests who had already arrived and mentioned that the household had requested the BBC "to support the determination private," reports the Express. Yet, immoderate viewers astatine location noticed that the BBC failed to honour this.

The determination Buckinghamshire was displayed connected screen, and the study besides featured images of individuals entering the church, with a intelligibly disposable religion motion successful the background.

One disgruntled spectator wrote to Newswatch regarding Mark's report, stating: "He intelligibly stated that the location, astatine the petition of the family, was to stay a secret. Yet past cuts to an representation of erstwhile bandmates arriving successful beforehand of the religion motion with the sanction of the religion connected it."

Another spectator vented that locating the religion couldn't beryllium that hard and shared: "I don't deliberation you're doing what you accidental you are doing". At the aforesaid time, critics voiced concerns implicit what they deemed excessive sum of what was intended to beryllium a discreet ceremonial service.

Addressing viewers' discontent, BBC News released a remark which anchor Samira shared on-air: "Liam's abrupt decease was a important quality communicative with ample assemblage interest. We liaised intimately with the household to guarantee our sum was delicate and respected their wishes."

In the aftermath of Liam's death, his grieving household said: "We are heartbroken. Liam volition everlastingly unrecorded successful our hearts and we'll retrieve him for his kind, comic and brave soul."

The 31-year-old endowment recovered stardom done the iconic popular radical One Direction, assembled connected ITV's The X Factor. Liam tragically mislaid his beingness past period aft an mishap involving a autumn from a edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires.

BBC Breakfast airs regular from 6am connected BBC One.