Media mistakes

[gomezz]

The costumes came from a professional supplier. No idea if they had a shop. It was my last time on stage and I was basically just an extra / bit of the scenery.

 

[prpr]

Rob Sissons on East Midlands Today at the newly opened National Rehabilitation Centre:
"...as the first patient walked in here." (over shots of him being pushed in a wheelchair).
They first captioned it Stamford On Soar, when it's Stanford - fixed during the 'VT' before the next live bit.
How crass.

 

[EEPhil]

They first captioned it Stamford On Soar, when it's Stanford

Absolutely no excuse for that.

"...as the first patient walked in here." (over shots of him being pushed in a wheelchair).

Common usage.An NHS walk-in centre doesn't bar wheel-ins. Chris McCausland, the blind comedian, often says he's watched a film

How crass

Yes, but still better than the ITV News Central for the East Midlands, pre-recorded in Birmingham and the presenter stumbled over every other word.

 

[HugeMaximum]

Chris McCausland, the blind comedian, often says he's watched a film

He (as many blind people do) still says "good to see you".

 

[EEPhil]

The rolling strap on Sky News contains a silly mistake:


"The White House row with US media escalates as [see above] announce there will be no pool TV coverage of President Donald Trump's events today". Corrected in the break, first NBC removed and FOX becomes Fox News.

 

[Robobunny]

Zoe Conway looks exactly like Ray Reidy, the interim chief apologist executive of Travelodge

 

[gomezz]

Who? Who? And why?

 

[EEPhil]

From Nottingham Post

I misread this and thought the driver had been strangled. Do you think the bus has been stranded? Some basic checks including a spell check before submitting the report should have trapped this one!

 

[Robobunny]

Who? Who? And why?

The "why?" is this story. Despite the caption, the man on TV is not the female BBC journalist. Nor does he resemble her...