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BBC Astronomer Misses Meteor During Live Show

Posted by timothy on from the tivo-should-use-this-as-marketing dept.

krou writes "BBC astronomer Mark Thompson wasn't having a good night for the BBC's Stargazing Live show. He turned to the camera to complain of poor cloud visibility and a lack of activity in the sky ... only for a meteor to shoot past in the background. A rather sheepish Thompson said, 'I must admit I was oblivious to it. I think I'm probably the only person in the entire country who didn't see it.' (YouTube video of the original live footage)."

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  1. And this is news? by Kokuyo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It wasn't even a stupid mistake on his part. This is like someone blinking just when someone else is taking a picture. Bad timing. Is this truly newsworthy?

  2. Sowat? by EEDAm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He didn't turn round to the camera, he was facing the camera ready to deliver his lines on a live link. And so a meteor appears behind him with his back turned. So frigging what? There's no miss and no mistake, just a bloke looking the other way as he must to do his job. And the clouds are clearly visible in the video as well. Non-article in extremis.

  3. Daily Mail is moronic by Phil+Hands · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The last time I had the misfortune to have my brain polluted by a Daily Mail story was when sitting bored in a physio's waiting room.

    Flipping the rag open at random, I see a headline something like:

        87% of Britons now members of a persecuted minority

    this little nugget of wisdom had apparently been assembled by taking the percentages of various "minorities" and adding them all together.

    The groups included:

        51% Women

    *cough* minority?

    and then:

        12% Single Mothers

    [SubEd Are you sure we can simply add that number to the Women?] [Ed: yeah, no problem]

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