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View More UK media giants call for independent oversight of Facebook, YouTube, TwitterCEO gets caught on tape singing ‘We’re in the Money’ before talking about huge merger
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This takes the meaning of the world “awkward” to whole new, dizzying heights.
On Monday, the CEO of British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, Mike Coupe, appeared on ITV News to talk about the store’s merger with rival chain Asda.
While waiting for the interview to start, he decided to have a little sing-song:
Watch Sainsbury’s CEO sing “we’re in the money” while waiting to talk about the £12 billion merger with Asda – he’s since apologised for his “unguarded moment” https://t.co/Kuaowz0q1u pic.twitter.com/jYMngcahS2
— ITV News (@itvnews) April 30, 2018 Read more…
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View More CEO gets caught on tape singing ‘We’re in the Money’ before talking about huge mergerLive TV news anchor handles fire alarm in the most British way possible
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When you’re working in the hectic world of live news, dealing with unexpected circumstances is all part of the job.
Struggling to find the right cameraA badly-timed text messageKids. It happens.
The latest live news incident came courtesy of ITV, when anchor Tom Bradby was interrupted mid-broadcast by a fire alarm on Wednesday evening.
Luckily he handled it like a total pro.
The most gloriously British response to a fire alarm ever? Twitter certainly seemed to think so.
That’s a very British way of announcing a fire alarm ITV News. ‘Right, well I’m awfully sorry, these things happen and we have to evacuate’ Just go Tom we don’t want you catching fire politely letting the public down on missing the news
— Andy (@Andy120985) January 3, 2018 Read more…
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View More Live TV news anchor handles fire alarm in the most British way possibleThis journalist got stuck in a glass lift for almost an hour and it’s an epic saga
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Don’t worry, it’s not quite as nightmarish as it sounds. Okay, maybe just a little nightmarish.
Mike Rigby, a programme editor for ITV news, was delayed in his journalistic duties on Saturday when a faulty lift refused to relinquish him.
Our Programme Editor Mike Rigby has currently been going up and down in a lift for half an hour with no sign of escape. The bulletin tonight could be sparse without his heavy LIFTing #upanddown pic.twitter.com/ZQJvMY0GSp
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) November 25, 2017
“Glass case of emotion”!
— martin geissler (@mmgeissler) November 25, 2017 Read more…
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This live TV celebrity eating challenge is the stuff of nightmares
You know that “Fill Your Guts or Spill Your Guts” game James Corden sometimes plays on his show, where celebrities have to choose between eating a horrendous food item or answering a tricky question?
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