While that's a fine answer to a whole host of questions, in this case it definitely was not, because that black-and-gold shield of badassery is the logo for the United Nations Space Command, which people with unlimited free time and the stomach to handle gallons of Mountain Dew Code Red in one sitting will immediately recognize as an entity that only exists within the Halo video game universe.

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So, while the BBC anchor spoke solemnly about the U.N.'s handling of the carnage in Syria, the scene behind her looked like this:

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A network spokesperson had this to say about the gaffe:

"BBC News makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all images broadcast, however very occasionally mistakes do happen. Unfortunately an incorrect logo was used during a segment on last week's News at One bulletin and we apologize to viewers for the mistake."

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For those not familiar, the Halo-verse, as probably no one calls it, revolves around an interstellar war between humans and a group of aliens known as the Covenant who worship an ancient civilization known as the Forerunners who were wiped out during something called the parasitic flood.

If there's anything the BBC can take comfort in regarding this debacle, it's that the above paragraph could just as easily be describing the situation in Syria as far as most of the willfully ignorant masses are concerned.