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A near miss

February 3rd, 2012 at 3:18 pm by David Farrar

Was on Face Off this morning on Wellington ZB hosted by Sean Plunket. The other panelists were Josie Pagani and Greg O’Connor.

Josie and I got there early and went into the studio. Sean had the news break, so left the studio to have a nicotine break.

Josie and I started our normal chatter, which as you can imagine is not always as carefully phrased as when speaking in public. A short time into this, Josie then goes “Does that red light mean we are broadcasting?”.

Yes, Sean had forgotten to turn the microphone off. Very fortunate that Josie noticed the red light in time, as I suspect five minutes of our conversation accidentally broadcast would not have helped either of us!

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11 Responses to “A near miss”

  1. coventry (297) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 3:40 pm

    What no cup of tea ?

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  2. Dick (80) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Who gives a shit, if you’ve got something to say then say it straight. I’m sick of the politically correct general public condemning people like Alasdair Thompson for stating his mind, acting like they’re the God damn PC police making it harder and harder for people to be able to say what they truly believe.

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  3. hmmokrightitis (1,247) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    Thanks Dick

    There. I said it. :)

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  4. Roflcopter (307) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    DPF, I thought Sean had given up smoking late last year?

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  5. Rick Rowling (631) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    You’ve been Ambrose’d!

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  6. Scott Chris (4,874) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 7:12 pm

    Heh, don’t suppose Plunket left the mike on “accidentally on purpose” while he “popped out for a ciggie”. Seems the media are pushing the boundaries more and more these days and in ever more creative ways. That’s unrestrained market innovation for ya. Push the rules to the nth degree and always, I said ALWAYS stay one step ahead of the legislators. ;)

    So much for media self regulation.

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  7. Steve (3,650) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    Seems like the media are getting more desperate.
    They could manufacture news – oh that would be lies

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  8. simonway (302) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    I DEMAND YOU RELEASE THE FARRAR TAPES!!

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  9. adze (1,443) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    Yes! Welease Woger!

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  10. Sublime (41) Says:
    February 3rd, 2012 at 11:16 pm

    English Breakfast or Earl Grey that morning? ;)

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  11. Chuck Bird (3,455) Says:
    February 5th, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    You guys should take a leaf out of Phil Goff’s book. He would not say anything privavely he would not be happy for the nation to hear.

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