It is not easy to always hold the role of cool journalist – A presenter especially when pressure, despair, frustration or emotion go beyond human boundaries. The recent Richard Quest’s outbreak in the air Listening to Donald Trump’s financial advisers to defend the duties imposed by the US president on the planet, he reminds that, behind the professional task, news people remain … people.
And the nerves of the journalists will break, and they will explode and cry … from Sara Sidner of CNN and Olga malchevska of BBCuntil the Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC and John Brown του Good Morning Orlandothe story of television is full of moments with journalists who could not be held.
Richard Quest (CNN): He was shaking his head, he didn’t believe in his ears
His intense irritation to what Donald Trump’s advisers supported for the imposition of duties – in a trade war opened by the US president almost all over the globe – expressed Richard Quest, a well -known journalist, a financial analyst and a nationalist.
Was during a live broadcast of CNN when the US network journalist, in one Movement… despair seems to catch his face with his hands, shaking his head at the same time, While hearing, among other things, the White House Advisor for trade, Peter Navarro (which Elon Musk described as an idiot and the White House let them argue) comment on the imposition of duties, considering that purchases “They need to catch the bottom.”
The characteristic move with his head was followed by his duty response to US Finance Minister Scott Bessed, who noted that “There will be no recession.”
Watch the video with Richard Quest’s viral reaction:
CNN’s Richard Quest reacts to top economic officials in the Trump administration defending the widespread tariffs President Donald Trump announced that caused tumult in the US stock market. pic.twitter.com/zjN8PDtqYN
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“He’s right, it’s not mandatory. Only the economic conditions that have been created are now leading, according to leading Wall Street economists, in recession, “the journalist commented.
The experienced analyst has provided banks, such as Goldman Sachs, who speak of a possibility of recession up to 60% due to duties. “Do you want a trade war? That’s exactly like, ” He stressed.
At the same time, he described as “exaggerations” as comments from officials such as Bessed, Navarro and Commerce Minister Howard Latnik. “But the reality is this: at some point, the deregulation is so much that markets can no longer withstand – jobs are lost, investment stops and the recession is coming.”
Sara Sidner (CNN): ‘It’s hard to afford it, sorry’
In January 2021, CNN correspondent Sara Sidner collapsed emotionally during the live, referring to families who lost their loved ones due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Apologized to the public by saying: “I apologize. I try to overcome it. “
“This is the tenth hospital in which I am and seeing the way these families have to live after, and the pain of the heart that goes so far and so far away … It is really difficult to withstand it.”
“No family should have passed. So please listen to what this family is saying. Don’t let this happen to you. Do everything you can to avoid letting you kill your family members, your neighbors, your friends, teachers, doctors and firefighters. “
Olga Malchevska (BBC): “This was my home in Kyiv”
BBC journalist Olga Malchevska collapsed live in the air when she discovered that her father’s home in Kiev had been bombed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
While in the studio, she recognized pictures of her damaged home and could not hold her tears. “What I see is my home. I can’t believe it. There I stayed » he said.
Zain Asher (CNN): her brother’s nomination for Oscar bent her
In January 2014, CNN journalist Zain Asher was greatly moved while on air when she announced her brother’s candidacy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, for an Oscar for the movie «12 Years a Slave». She explained how important this recognition was to her family, especially after the loss of their father.
“When Chiwetel was 12 years old, he had a car with my father and everyone in the car died except Chiwetel,” he explained in vain trying to hold her tears. “He was given an opportunity … and he really used her to the fullest.”
Joanna Gosling (BBC): “This is awesome new”
In December 2022, BBC News presenter Joanna Gosling tears during live as he announced him death of three boys, 10, 11 and 8 years old that fell into a frozen lake in Solihull.
He apologized to the public, saying, “This is a terrible new one.”
Lindsay Liepman (KCEN-TV): “If I knew it would be our last newsletter yesterday …”
In October 2024, KCEN-TV presenter Lindsay Liepman was unable to contain her tears as she announced the sudden death of her colleague, Kris Radcliffe in the air.
The loss for herself and the station was great.
“If I knew yesterday it would be our last news release together, I would ignore the slogans of” closing “from our producers and laugh a little more with all his jokes. He always had a lot of jokes. “
Sarah Jane Mee (Sky News): The shock of the killing of three children
In February 2025, Sky News presenter Sarah Jane Mee broke out in tears while covering her Axel Rudakubana’s conviction for the killing of three girls in Southport In July 2024.