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...

 

[Wildebeest]

From Nottingham Post
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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!

I wasn't sure if he'd been strangled, separated from his wife or was just odd. Or all three.

 

[prpr]

Who 1 is the reporter. Who 2 has already been identified.
Why? Why what?
They "forgot" to caption the reporter at the top of the report, so, when it came to the next caption, it was like the Two Ronnies' "answering the question before last" sketch.
They put up the caption for the bloke in the last second before cutting back to the studio.
The joys of (semi-)automated production eh? But this happened in the manual days too.
Burke's.

 

[Wildebeest]

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

I'm assuming the caption initially said Zoe Conway? If so it's been corrected now.