Australian TV presenter Helen Kapalos experienced every news reader's worst nightmare on Wednesday night. Channel 7′s Today Tonight host was left high and dry by producers, stumbling over her words with no autocue, no script and nothing to throw to for 60 awkward seconds.
Kapalos first told viewers that Kevin Rudd was "getting the numbers", only to bizarrely follow on with: "The same opinion ... And we'll have to move on to our next story now … but all very interesting down in Canberra. Of course we'll continue to bring you continuing coverage throughout the evening on our news but now we'll also be crossing to our viewer poll shortly."
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The viewer poll then strangely disappeared from the screen. "Now to a Muslim who was on his way to becoming a radical…" she said before awkwardly shuffling papers and apologising. "I'm sorry we'll have to go to something else there. But it is all happening in Canberra as we can see."
She again returned to the story about the Muslim only for it not to eventuate a second time. "I apologise for this. Okay. Now. We are heading to another story," before viewers endured 10 more awkward seconds of Kapalos again talking about Bill Shorten and Mr Rudd.
1 comment:
a) What an amateur.
b) Don't they give the newsreaders their notes on paper at that channel?
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