In the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks, Kay Burley became the subject of much mockery online after she tweeted a photo of a dog in the French city, with the caption ‘sadness in his eyes’. Readers were quick to question whether it was an appropriate message in the wake of 129 deaths.
Sadness in his eyes #parisattacks pic.twitter.com/zzPxLHm1EP
— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) November 15, 2015
Since then, Burley has done her bit to try and justify the tweet. Last month she presented a section on dogs being able to read human emotions, concluding that the dog on set had ‘happiness’ in its eyes — as Guido noted:
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However rather than draw the whole episode to a close, the segment appears to have simply spurred a frenzy of new canine tales. These days, barely a day goes by on Sky News without mention of a dog. Recent pooch stories on the channel include Kay Burley — who has three dogs as pets — asking: ‘Can dogs fly?’
Kay Burley is currently discussing dogs flying planes on Sky News. I'm not making this up #madnessinhereyes
— MrPaulRobinson (@MrPaulRobinson) February 16, 2016
Burley also chaired a debate after a foxhound was run over by police:
Looking forward to chatting with @KayBurley on @SkyNews at 2.30pm about the foxhound run over on purpose #dogs pic.twitter.com/IKyEU2hZXT
— Marc Abraham OBE (@marcthevet) February 24, 2016
Just yesterday she interviewed the writer Joanne Roberts about her new book ‘Confessions of a Guide Dog‘:
I'm a very lucky boy-not everyone gets to lick @KayBurley on live telly. (she thought I was handsome too!) @SkyNews pic.twitter.com/l5XJiiZanf
— Uska The Guide Dog (@uskadog) February 26, 2016
In fact, Burley’s commitment to running dog stories has even attracted the attention of dog-inspired businesses:
Given that Sky News aims to focus on ‘top stories from business, politics, entertainment’, Mr S suspects that they ought to either change their mission statement — or tone down the dog content.
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