BBC tekur í misgripum viðtal við leigubílsstjóra...

Rakst á þetta á núna áðan - BBC tók viðtal við saklausan leigubílsstjóra í staðinn fyrir sérfræðing um tónlist og netútgáfu.

Tekstinn er af Dailymail.co.uk, og þar er líka hægt að horfa á viðtalið í heild sinni - ég verð að viðurkennað að aumingja maðurinn leit ekki út fyrir að vera neitt vitlausari í þessu viðtali en hver annar. Ætli þetta segi ekki eitthvað um blaðamennsku...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=386136&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=&ct=5

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.

Video: Watch the interview here

Baffled, but compliant, the driver was fitted with a microphone and allowed himself to be marched in to the studio. Cameras rolled, and he was quizzed live on air by consumer affairs correspondent Karen Bowerman - who missed the cabbie's panic-stricken expression when he realised he was being interviewed.

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.