THE BBC has been slammed after it appeared to troll Donald Trump by comparing the huge 100,000-strong crowd at the Royal Wedding to the empty spaces at the President’s inauguration.
Photos of the two events were uploaded to the official BBC Three Twitter account with the caption “just saying”, but many were baffled by the supposedly politically-neutral broadcaster's post.
It was immediately criticised online after it posted its bizarre commentary on Saturday morning.
One image showed the sparse crowd outside the White House in January 2017 while the other photograph showed adoring royal fans lining the Long Walk in Windsor.
The broadcaster was accused of “stirring up hate and conflict”, being “unprofessional” and it was urged to “grow up”.
One Twitter user wrote: “Why don’t we leave politics out of it for once. This is about the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.”
Others accused the corporation of “pushing their PC agenda once again” and another Twitter user asked if the BBC should be posting tweets of this nature.
Another added: “It was so nice until BBC Three compared the Royal Wedding with Trump’s inauguration. Please keep politics out.”
However, Trump supporters hit back and accused the BBC of “fake news” while others applauded the broadcaster for its tweet, which received more than 235,000 likes.
Pictures of Trump’s inauguration caused controversy last year with people debating how many turned up to watch him being sworn in.
MOST READ IN NEWS
MAJOR SHOCK 
New evidence about chief Maddie suspect leaves investigators 'shocked'
'Sadistic' girl, 16, 'laughed as she tortured a doctor to death in park'
Runaway bus packed with kids nearly hits woman before 'brake fail' crash
Tributes to mum killed by ex as driver who run over knifeman praised as hero
The 71-year-old claimed more than 1 million people were in attendance and others said it was the largest audience to witness an inauguration.
However, many took exception with those comments and argued the number was significantly lower.
The BBC declined to comment when approached by The Sun Online.
Source: Read Full Article