Ivor Nidea Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Just listen to this stupid women speaking to Mo Farah.http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/feb/26/mo-farah-new-orleans-interviewShe's probably never heard of the O L Y M P I C S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I don't think it's fair to blame the newsreader individually as Mo Farah isn't a huge name in the USA . Plus, it should have been down to the programme researchers to find out who he was - just a simple google search would have made the interview far more interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just john Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Isn't one one of those things, where if we didn't win it doesn't count, or worse like this latest film where we did/didn't turn Americans away from our embassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 When I visited the USA I was quite shocked at how ignorant people were about the rest of the world. That said, this kind of ignorance is not confined to America. I once heard one of our local radio presenters describe the book Fear of Flying as being about people who were afraid to fly.The distortion of history in films and books is a whole other subject I think.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Nidea Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 [quote user="LBV Charente"]I don't think it's fair to blame the newsreader individually as Mo Farah isn't a huge name in the USA . Plus, it should have been down to the programme researchers to find out who he was - just a simple google search would have made the interview far more interesting...[/quote]First of all the woman was devoid of any sincerity. Orville the duck would have sounded better.She didn't even get the event correctly, marathon? It was a half-marathon. "Haven't you run before?" What did she imagine, that he had been on holiday and just decided to strip off to run with others he saw running along and happened to beat them. Mo was so good about it he failed to mention the small point that he just happened to be the best runner in the world over two distances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 "Well you have got off to a great start" [:-))]Maybe this guy might win something else one day!!!!I can only deduce from her description of his amazing feat (or maybe she meant feet!) that she did think it was the first time he had ever ran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Its why I can't stand breakfast TV, very overpaid autocue readers who can (almost) act as if they know what they are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 What about "Loose Women" then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 [quote user="Chancer"]What about "Loose Women" then?[/quote]The program or in general [:D]I have sat through the live recording of that show......................I know I know but O/H wanted to go. They are not scripted per se but given the banter it amuses. I also went to Gino and Mel's cooking show, The women all shouted Gino Gino so when they shut up and I shouted Melanie Melanie just to prove I was the only straight one in the audience [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 TV is awash with people who open their mouths before engaging their brains. Not all that long ago I caught a few minutes of some house renovation programme, where they had an "interior designer" doing things to a house. She was putting Toile de Jouy in the bedroom and explained carefully to the other presenter that the fabric is so-called because it originally came from the town of Toile in France. Thud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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