Sky News presenter Eamonn Holmes is under fire today after seeming to draw a comparison between last night’s assault on the Man United players’ bus at Upton Park and the Hillsborough disaster.
Holmes was taking part in a discussion on last night’s incident, when he said: “This is going back to the ’70s and to the ’80s, the type of thing you were seeing that was bad about Hillsborough, for instance.”
JOE has reached out to Sky News for a comment on Holmes’ remarks.
Calls for Eamonn Holmes to apologise after comparing West Ham bus attack to Hillsborough https://t.co/gzLG4sMRjc
— Liverpool Echo (@LivEchonews) May 11, 2016
Unsurprisingly, people are outraged at the remarks, with calls on the presenter to apologise, and even for Sky to sack him.
Except for Eamonn Holmes being a united fan I quite liked him but this slur on Hillsborough has got to be the last straw, get rid him SkyITV
— Sandy Murray⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️6😍 (@LfcSamdy) May 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/Rolo__Tomassi/status/730328804695130112
Eamonn Holmes should know better than that, really stupid comments about Hillsborough
— 🇪🇺🎦 ⑂Martin⑂ 🎦🇪🇺🖤🇺🇦 BLM (@MartinRich91) May 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/TweetsbyJonesy/status/730329197240037376
You do feel for the peeps @SkyNewsPR. Eamonn Holmes said WHAT?!? pic.twitter.com/OKBX7yp13x
— Laura Marie Brown 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 (@MsLaura_Brown) May 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/mattlfc6/status/730329064528072704
What Eamonn Holmes has demonstrated is that often these "TV presenters" are just that and are vacuous behind the facade
— Martin O'Neill (@DrNostromo) May 11, 2016
Ignorant comment Eamonn Holmes! Hang you head in shame 👊🏼😡
— ✨Becci✨* (@BecciOVERTONES) May 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/rogerpsan/status/730327270053810176
