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| BBC News Blunder - Guy Goma |
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He is the BBC's latest star - the cab driver
who a leading presenter believed was a world
expert on the internet music business.
The man stepped unwittingly into the national
spotlight when he was interviewed by mistake
on the corporation's News 24 channel.
With the seconds ticking down to a studio
discussion about a court case involving Apple
Computer and The Beatles' record label, a
floor manager had run to reception and
grabbed the man, thinking he was Guy Kewney,
editor of Newswireless.net, a specialist
internet publication.
Actually, he was a minicab driver who had
been waiting to drive Mr Kewney home.
Despite knowing nothing about the case - a
judge ruled that the computer company could
continue to use the Apple symbol for its
iTunes download service - the man gamely
attempted to bluff his way through and,
speaking in a strong French accent, sustained
a (somewhat illogical) form of conversation.
Meanwhile, the real Mr Kewney watched
indignantly on a monitor in reception.
Tags : bbc blunder cab driver expert guy kewney newswireless.net |
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Affichage : 200366
Durée : 102 s |
| BBC mistakes cab driver for IT-expert |
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A computer expert has described his
astonishment at seeing the BBC's 24-hour news
channel interview a taxi driver - in the
mistaken belief it was him.
Guy Kewney - a white, bearded technology
expert - was astonished to see himself appear
on screen as a black man with an apparent
French accent. He was even more shocked to
see himself unable to answer basic questions
about the legal battle between the Beatles'
Apple Corps and Apple Computer over the use
of an apple symbol.
Mr Kewney, an IT journalist and founder of
newswireless.net, watched as the cabbie, who
has not been named, gamely attempted to
answer questions fired at him by BBC consumer
affairs correspondent Karen Bowerman.
The man, who had been waiting for his fare in
the reception of Television Centre, found
himself being ushered into a studio and
fitted with a microphone after raising his
hand when a producer called out the name Guy
Kewney.
On his website, the real Mr Kewney, said that
the man "seemed as baffled as I felt" when
asked about the consequences of the lawsuit
live on BBC News 24.
It is unclear why the driver identified
himself when Mr Kewney's named was called but
it is thought he had been waiting to pick the
computer expert up.
Only when Ms Bowerman announced live on air
the name and title of the man who should have
been there and asked the first question did
the driver realise there had been a mix-up.
A BBC spokeswoman said: "Unfortunately we did
make a mistake and the wrong person was
interviewed briefly on air before we cut to
our reporter.
"We apologise to viewers for any confusion."
Do you know the mystery cab driver? Contact
the newsdesk on 0207 9386063 or by email at
news@dailymail.co.uk.
The interview
Karen Bowerman: Guy Kewney is editor of the
technology website Newswireless.
Face of horror
KB: Hello, good morning to you.
Taxi driver: Good morning.
KB: Were you surprised by this verdict today.
Taxi driver: I am very surprised to see...
this verdict to come on me because I was not
expecting that. When I came they told me
somehting else and I am coming. So a big
surprise anyway.
KB: A big surprise, yeah, yes.
Taxi driver: Exactly.
KB: With regards to the costs involved do you
think now more people will be downloading
online?
Taxi driver: Actually If you can walk
everywhere yoy are going to see a lot of
people downloading the internet and the
website and everything they want. But I think
eh It is much better for development and eh
to inform people what they want and to get
the easy way and so faster if they are
looking for.
KB: It does really seem the way the music
industry's progressing now that people want
to go onto the website and download music.
Taxi driver: Exactly you can go everywhere on
the cyber cafe and you can take, you can go
easy. It is going to be an easy way for
everyone to get something to the internet
KB: Thank you. Thanks very much indeed.
Tags : BBC Interview Taxi Driver |
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Affichage : 138
Durée : 103 s |
| Mistaken Identity |
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What a stupid mistake.I pity that bald
guy.If i were the CEO of BBC,I fired the
interviewer@host for not realizing what was
going on.The BBC interviews the completely
wrong person in this clip.
News 24 ran an interview with who they
thought, was IT expert Guy Kewney, on an
important technological trial. Instead Guy
Goma, a BBC job applicant found himself in
the hot seat on live television. Check out
his expression when he realizes what is
happening!
Tags : BBC British UK Gary Kewney Goma IT Expert Mistaken Identity Stupid Host Dumb Avoidable Pity Cry Haha Super Funny |
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Affichage : 14833
Durée : 102 s |
| BBC entrevista al hombre equivocado |
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El 08 de mayo de 2006, la presentadora de BBC
News Karen Bowerman debÃa entrevistar a Guy
Kewney, especialista en IT.
Sin embargo, tenÃa a su lado a Guy Goma,
taxista que habÃa acudido a la recepción en
respuesta a un aviso de trabajo, y que fue
tomado del brazo por un productor que lo
condujo hasta un estudio.
La transcripcion de la entrevista es la
siguiente:
KAREN BOWERMAN: Guy Kewney es editor del
sitio web de tecnologÃa Newswireless.
(CARA DE HORROR DEL ENTREVISTADO)
KB: Buenos dias a usted!
Entrevistado: Buenos dias!
KB: ¿Te sorprendió el veredicto de hoy.
Entrevistado: "Estoy muy sorprendido de que
este veredicto me haya llegado a mÃ, porque
no me lo esperaba. Cuando vine me dijeron
algo más y estoy... muy sorprendido en
cualquier caso".
KB: Una gran sorpresa, sÃ, sÃ.
Entrevistado: Exactamente!
© Todos los derechos reservados
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Tags : BBC error |
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Affichage : 477
Durée : 103 s |
| Guy Goma interview on GMTV |
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Guy Goma is interviewed on UK television
morning show GMTV to talk about his recent
experience of being interviewed live on BBC
News 24, when he was actually there for a
Data Support Cleanser job interview.
Follow me on Twitter -
http://www.twitter.com/nkitchen
Tags : BBC News 24 Guy Goma Kewney apple computer error |
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Affichage : 123433
Durée : 338 s |
| Lantec Video Interface Edition 11 August 1994 |
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Back in the early to mid 1990s, as Marketing
Manager of the UK's third largest PC
reseller, I made a series of videos aimed at
corporate I.T. decision makers. At the time
(well before the Web) this was cutting edge
stuff - and proved very popular, eventually
reaching edition 32.
It was mailed out on VHS cassettes - this was
well before DVDs as well!
Here then is a 5-minute tongue-in-cheek
precis of one edition from the summer of
1994. (The Yellow captions you will see are
mine of course.) Where are the people who
made it and appeared on it? Drop me an email
if you were there!
Some of the names of those involved were: Me
(Steve Bell), Darren Smithson, Steve Smith,
Tunji Akintokun, Alison Bull, Tim Pickard,
Michael Rodd, Colin Grimshaw and Chris
Roberts. Those we interviewed and featured
included, David Godwin (MD EMEA Novell), John
Landry (Chief Technology Officer - Lotus
Development Corporatrion), Paul Bailey (MD
Lotus Dev Corp UK), Rikke Helms (MD, Borland
UK), Dr Alan Soloman (the original Anti-virus
King), Guy Kewney (I.T. Guru and
Editor-in-Chief at Ziff Davies) and many more
- it was quite a list!
Tags : lantec video interface 1994 technology old |
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Affichage : 581
Durée : 299 s |
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