La BBC chiede scusa per aver mostrato Bush mentre si pettinava

[Carlo Gubitosa <c.gubitosa@peacelink.it>]

Fonte: http://www.ap.org/pages/indnews/#anchor0

BBC apologizes for showing Bush being styled before speech

LONDON (AP) - The British Broadcasting Corp. apologized March 21 for 
mistakenly broadcasting images of President Bush having his hair styled and 
his makeup applied just before he went on television to tell Americans war 
in Iraq was under way.

BBC World, which broadcasts around the world, and the network's channels in 
Britain showed up to a minute of the footage before cutting away.

"We came too early to the White House feed and then had technical 
difficulties getting our studio shot back," the BBC said in a statement. 
"We are very sorry, have apologized and will not be using that footage again."

CBS, which was responsible for pool coverage of the speech, was 
transmitting a video feed to other broadcasters from the White House ahead 
of the somber address, but it was not supposed to air until the president 
was ready.

A BBC spokesman said technicians put the silent video on air accidentally 
but had trouble switching away from it quickly. They did so as soon as they 
could, then went back to the White House when Bush began to speak.