TAXI! BBC NEWS 24 GET IT REALLY BADLY WRONG
The increase in TV output since the arrival of digital television means the UK now has hundreds of stations watched by, er, literally hundreds of people.
The excellent writer John Harris, found this out in an interview with Legal TV (yes, Legal TV) - a channel that is actually a vehicle for advertising from law firms telling you to sue if you cut your finger opening a paper bag.
The company would not confirm to John in The Guardian if they had any more than just 500 viewers.
But it seems the pressures of making shit TV 24/7 doesn't just hit small fry like Legal TV.
The state funded (ie, paid for by the public) BBC News 24 produced this gem of journalism with regards to the Apple Computers vs Apple Corp brand case currently going through the courts once again.
As you probably know, Apple Corp, the music publishers which own the rights to The Beatles, have been trying to stop Apple Computers using the logo and name apple on all things music - predominantly i-tunes.
The BBC had lined up an internet expert - Mr Kewney from newswireless - to talk about the case, but instead, got another man waiting in reception, who they now believe was a taxi driver waiting to take the real Mr Kewney home.
They wired him up, put him in a seat, set the live cameras rolling and this was the result. Fantastic TV. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "breaking news". Whatever the news was, they well and truly broke it.
WATCH HIS PERFORMANCE HERE
Thanks to wanksy for the link, and anyone interested in a UK cynic with a brain should pop "John Harris" into Amazon search and buy his book "So now who do we vote for?"
The excellent writer John Harris, found this out in an interview with Legal TV (yes, Legal TV) - a channel that is actually a vehicle for advertising from law firms telling you to sue if you cut your finger opening a paper bag.
The company would not confirm to John in The Guardian if they had any more than just 500 viewers.
But it seems the pressures of making shit TV 24/7 doesn't just hit small fry like Legal TV.
The state funded (ie, paid for by the public) BBC News 24 produced this gem of journalism with regards to the Apple Computers vs Apple Corp brand case currently going through the courts once again.
As you probably know, Apple Corp, the music publishers which own the rights to The Beatles, have been trying to stop Apple Computers using the logo and name apple on all things music - predominantly i-tunes.
The BBC had lined up an internet expert - Mr Kewney from newswireless - to talk about the case, but instead, got another man waiting in reception, who they now believe was a taxi driver waiting to take the real Mr Kewney home.
They wired him up, put him in a seat, set the live cameras rolling and this was the result. Fantastic TV. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "breaking news". Whatever the news was, they well and truly broke it.
WATCH HIS PERFORMANCE HERE
Thanks to wanksy for the link, and anyone interested in a UK cynic with a brain should pop "John Harris" into Amazon search and buy his book "So now who do we vote for?"
posted by ENGLISH RANTER at Monday, May 15, 2006
5 Comments:
I don't run any Windows programs (at least none that I'm aware of), but I saw this rerun on TV the other morning. Quite excellent!
I do run windows programmes, but I also found this quite excellent.
The look of blind panic and then composure when the interviewer says his name.
This was so funny ..........
Is it worth the licsence fee alone? Er no.
the look of sheer panic on the poor guys face is worth this years license fee alone!
and to see him trying to mouth "i'm not mr kewney", but good on him for carrying on!
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