New (rude) Urban Myth??

[Quetzelcoatl]

from my local FM music station (not a UL, me and several thousand others heard it...)

"Top story today is the news that Harvey Mandell has finally been released from prison in South Africa..."

oh how we danced to the Big Band beat that night

 

[Anonymous]

In the 80's didnt Ronald Reagan accidentally air a test microphone messege saying "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.”

I have heard something similar about Prince Philip. When attending the independence celebrations of a former colony and Commonwealth member, he leant towards the new leader and said something to the extent of "Are you sure you still want to go through with this", without realising he was within range of a live microphone.

 

[Quetzelcoatl]

and Melson Mandela again - at Wembley when 60,000 people are belting out 'You'll never walk alone' Winnie leans over to ask what they are singing and Nelson, mike on, says 'I think its a football song'.

which it is to be fair, but I cant help but feel he missed the point.

 

[filcee]

This was reported by Reuters yesterday, Tuesday 17 Dec;

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/021217/80/dgyzm.html


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate recording studio worker who broke the rules by dubbing a pornographic movie at work has compounded his sin by inadvertently showing the film on an internal Senate television station, an official said.


The Senate Sergeant-at-Arms office said the employee was placed on administrative leave for the December 6 event, in which an unidentified pornographic film was put on a closed circuit channel available in Senate offices.


Because it was about 7 a.m. on Friday when the Senate was in recess, relatively few people saw the movie, which was interrupted when some Capitol police noticed it.


The Senate recording studio is usually used for such things as lawmakers taping appearances for hometown shows or making videotaped copies of speeches. Early in the morning, it often broadcasts such decidedly non-pornographic programming as lessons on parliamentary procedure.


The incident was first reported this week by Roll Call, a newspaper that covers Capitol Hill.

Lazy reporting, or history repeating itself?