BBC man assaulted in Trump speech against the media

A BBC cameraman was attacked during a speech by Donald Trump after the US president whipped the crowd into “a frenzy against the media”.

Ron Skeans was filming the speech in El Paso, Texas, when a Trump supporter climbed onto the media platform and “shoved” into him.

Footage from his camera was posted to Twitter by BBC Washington correspondent Gary O’Donoghue and shows the shot focused on Mr Trump before jolting away.

The camera appears to visibly bounce around for several seconds, before focusing on a man in a red “Make America Great Again” cap who is being restrained by another man in a black T-shirt.

The man is heard shouting “F*** you! F*** the media!” as he is led away in an arm-lock, while jeers are heard from the raucous crowd.

Mr O’Donoghue, who is blind, said a supporter of Mr Trump got onto the reporters’ platform, and pushed the camera into his colleague, before continuing to push Mr Skeans.

He told the Today programme: “It was an incredibly violent attack. Fortunately our cameraman is fine, he is made of stern stuff.

“This is a constant feature of these rallies — a goading of the crowds against the media,” he added.

“I have been spat at before. They hurl abuse at American colleagues in particular.”

Mr O’Donoghue said MrTrump’s 2020 election campaign will be as “hostile and ill-tempered and divisive as the one we saw last time”.

The correspondent was critical of security at the event for allowing the supporter to scale the media platform and attack the cameraman. Mr Skeans