Read the below and THEN look at the video.
Take a look at his face when the reporter announces his name....
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvUuHfT-VaY
BBC gets wrong Guy - and gives cab driver five minutes of fame
Patrick Barkham
Saturday May 13, 2006
The Guardian
Just get the guy, any guy, and stick him in front of the camera is, some
fear, the philosophy of rolling television news. For BBC News 24,
however, the bloke in reception waiting patiently to pontificate on a
courtroom verdict turned out to be the wrong Guy.
Guy Kewney, a computer expert, was waiting outside a BBC Television
Centre studio to discuss the high court ruling on the Beatles' Apple
Corps v Apple Computer on Monday morning. As he watched the news in
reception, he was amazed to see "Guy Kewney" pop up on screen. Unlike
the white, bearded technology columnist for IT Week, this "Guy Kewney"
was black, and appeared stumped when asked about the US computer giant
and its tussle with the Beatles over the Apple trademark.
"Were you surprised by this verdict?" he was asked. "I'm very surprised
at the verdict," he gamely replied. "Because I was not expecting that
when I came."
A BBC insider said the wrong Guy was a minicab driver, waiting to pick
up the real Guy. When the producer went to collect the computer expert
from a different waiting area, he called out "Guy Kewney" and the driver
said "hello". He was then whisked upstairs to meet the BBC's Karen
Bowerman, who asked the first question on live TV.
There is only one Guy Kewney in Britain on the electoral roll. As the
real Mr Kewney explained in his blog, the accidental impostor at first
seemed "puzzled that anybody might imagine that the lawsuit had
consequences".
The BBC said: "Unfortunately we did make a mistake and the wrong guy was
briefly interviewed on air before we cut to our reporter."
Take a look at his face when the reporter announces his name....
-----------------------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvUuHfT-VaY
BBC gets wrong Guy - and gives cab driver five minutes of fame
Patrick Barkham
Saturday May 13, 2006
The Guardian
Just get the guy, any guy, and stick him in front of the camera is, some
fear, the philosophy of rolling television news. For BBC News 24,
however, the bloke in reception waiting patiently to pontificate on a
courtroom verdict turned out to be the wrong Guy.
Guy Kewney, a computer expert, was waiting outside a BBC Television
Centre studio to discuss the high court ruling on the Beatles' Apple
Corps v Apple Computer on Monday morning. As he watched the news in
reception, he was amazed to see "Guy Kewney" pop up on screen. Unlike
the white, bearded technology columnist for IT Week, this "Guy Kewney"
was black, and appeared stumped when asked about the US computer giant
and its tussle with the Beatles over the Apple trademark.
"Were you surprised by this verdict?" he was asked. "I'm very surprised
at the verdict," he gamely replied. "Because I was not expecting that
when I came."
A BBC insider said the wrong Guy was a minicab driver, waiting to pick
up the real Guy. When the producer went to collect the computer expert
from a different waiting area, he called out "Guy Kewney" and the driver
said "hello". He was then whisked upstairs to meet the BBC's Karen
Bowerman, who asked the first question on live TV.
There is only one Guy Kewney in Britain on the electoral roll. As the
real Mr Kewney explained in his blog, the accidental impostor at first
seemed "puzzled that anybody might imagine that the lawsuit had
consequences".
The BBC said: "Unfortunately we did make a mistake and the wrong guy was
briefly interviewed on air before we cut to our reporter."
so no1 picked up on it?
