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Sky Sports Presenter Suffers On Air Meltdown [Video]
02 Feb 2018 by Kiernan / No Comments
Every presenter dreads the day their blunder goes viral, and now this chap on Sky Sports can tell his mates he’s had his 15 minutes of infamy.
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Celebrate Friday The 13th With These Classic Halloween News Bloopers [Video]
13 Oct 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Black cats and bad luck and people at work trying to make you ‘skrik’ with some elaborate prank – welcome to Friday the 13th. Hang in there and enjoy these fails.
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BBC Background Worker Watches Topless Sex Scene During Live News Broadcast [Video]
10 Aug 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Female nipples might be banned on Instagram, because apparently we still live in the dark ages, but on the BBC they still pop up from time to time.
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The Most Cringeworthy News Bloopers From June [Video]
30 Jun 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spend enough time in front of the camera and you’re going to drop the ball, so of course the past month has been full of blunders from around the globe.
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Cringe City: BBC Anchor Twiddles Thumbs For Four Minutes LIVE On Air [Video]
23 Jun 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s the kind of thing we are used to seeing from the likes of ANN7, but the BBC don’t usually drop the ball like this. It’s pretty darn cringe.
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BBC Reporter Gets Slapped For Accidentally Grabbing Woman’s Boob On Live TV [Video]
17 May 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When you’re in the midst of an interview on live telly you’re not going to welcome the public’s intrusion, especially when it ends with a slap.
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The Best News Bloopers Of March 2017 [Video]
04 Apr 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It may be the BBC interview that immediately springs to mind, but March was another month packed to the brim with on-air gaffes.
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This Is How Bad ANN7 And The New Age Are At Geography
02 Mar 2015 by Kiernan / No Comments
Oh no, they’ve only gone and done it again. Here we have ANN7 reinventing the map of Cape Town, with The New Age jumping on the bandwagon.
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Are You A “Strictler For Facts”? Gupta-TV Wants You #sobaditsgood
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This runaway-train-on-fire is reaching such exquisite levels of ineptitude that we are now wholly convinced that the entire enterprise is a subversive satirical comedy channel to rival the best in the world. Take this ANN7 job ad, for example.
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Fox News On The Oscar Pistorius Case – Bumbling Experts Discuss “White On White” Violence [VIDEO]
22 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Fox News experts mention necklacing, “white-on-white violence”, and apartheid in the space of 30 seconds while discussing the Pistorius case. Just enjoy that
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14 Things Oscar Pistorius Coverage Can Teach You About Working In TV News from André-Pierre du Plessis on Vimeo.
Local TV Producer Punishes US News Coverage Of The Oscar Pistorius Case [VIDEO]
20 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is great. Capetonian and current resident of New York, Andre-Pierre du Plessis has produced this delicious highlights reel of US television news fails in the Pistorius case. The title of the video is “14 Things Oscar Pistorius Coverage Can Teach You About Working In TV News”, and it is delightful. Du Plessis is also the […]
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Interview With Black Child Edited To Make Him Look Like A Gangster [VIDEO]
02 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A clip of a distorted interview with a young black boy has raised questions about ethics in journalism in America. Responding to a news reporter’s question about what he’d like to be when he grows up, the boy replied: “I’m going to have me a gun! I’m going to be the police!” Guess which part of that sentence did not make it to TV?
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