These come hours after a Fox News affiliate in California claimed “Obama Bin Laden” had been killed. Tory MP Louise Bagshawe and blogger Harry Cole have also fallen victim to this spoonerism. There’s something about the Murdoch media empire today. Hat-tip: Ben Archibald and Jon Slattery
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Sky News’ hilarious Libya graphics
As military action gets under way in North Africa and the Mediterranean, broadcasters have entered The Day Today mode. At Sky News defence correspondent Niall Paterson has mastered the gigantic wall display but there seem to be one or two problems with the touch-screen “Skystrator”: “This will have to do for a submarine. I haven’t got one.” Cue [...]
They're behind you!
Teased in the Members’ Lobby by a Labour MP yesterday, Sarah Teather didn’t seem to be taking jokes about an early morning ambush by a TV news crew in the spirit in which they were intended: MP: “Watch out, Sarah, Sky News are behind you!” Teather: “F*** off.” With a future change of career looking more [...]
When Harry met Kay
In his conference speech yesterday, David Cameron praised 97 year old activist Harry Beckough for his service to the Tories down the years. As Guido has observed, Sky News ran a less than smooth live interview with Beckough, in which Kay Burley oscillates between patronising the nonagenarian (“you didn’t have 24-hour news when you first started!”) and getting her [...]
Chris Bryant calls Kay Burley "a bit dim". To her face.
David Babbs and Peter Andre can permit themselves a wry smile this evening. You should watch the buildup for context but the action is at around 2:00 and 3:40 :- Telly gold.
The direct message that went public: Sky News' Mark White and his "big powerful weapon"
It’s good to see the Twitter stream on a manhunt for “Britain’s most wanted”, as Sky News keep shouting at us, being used for random banter (albeit in error) between journalists. After a Scrapbook reader grabbed a copy of this journalism anomaly it was swiftly removed from the list of updates on the continuing search for [...]
Because he's worth it? David Cameron uses Sky News camera lens to style his hair
UPDATE 10 MARCH With more than 10,000 views in one day, this little video has gone viral! UPDATE 11 MARCH Dave’s “hairbrush moment” is now the 3rd most viewed YouTube video in the world and is due to crack 40,000 views barrier later today. Living up to an airbrushed version of yourself must be hard [...]
Ashes to ashes: Sky News' Kay Burley eats humble pie over Catholic gaffe
As a good Catholic schoolboy, Scrapbook thought walking round with burnt bits of palm leaves smeared on his forehead was most entertaining. The practices of Ash Wednesday were evidently lost on Sky News’ Kay Burley this week as she proceeded to speculate at length as to why US vice-president Joe Biden “looks like he’s walked into a door”. Burley [...]
