Talk:Microphone gaffe
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[edit] Frasier
This sort of thing has happened several times on the sitcom Frasier, in whcih the main character is a radio presenter. Should a section for those instances (and perhaps others from fiction) be added?--MartinUK 16:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Another gaffe
If anyone knows more information about this video, it would seem to belong on this page.--Daveswagon 17:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for that. It was Danyelle Sargent and has been added. violet/riga (t) 18:43, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Humor?
Does this page really belong in the "Humor" category? I'll agree that most of these gaffes are funny, but there's nothing intrinsically humorous about this topic and surely we can't list every possible kind of mistake as humor.--Daveswagon 19:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm not sure myself, and don't object to its inclusion or removal. violet/riga (t) 19:27, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
- I added it, I think your average lay person would think most if not all the gaffes are humorous. No objection to inclusion or removal. Electrawn 02:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Objectable Gaffes
- "On 1 July 2006 a technician did not turn off the audio feed during a closed-door lunch between U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov amongst others. Journalists, on listening to the 20 minute broadcast, referred to the conversation as "bickering" about the Iraqi aid programme."
Above quote doesn't seem to fit the definition of Gaffe, just unintentional eavesdropping? Electrawn 02:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- During a televised debate between U.S. presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore during the 2000 presidential campaign, Gore's loud, exasperated sighs in response to Bush's statements were heard frequently through Gore's live microphone. In regards to the incident, Gore was quoted as saying "Both the governor and I have learned lessons about when the microphone is on, and when it's off."[9]
Is Gore sighing fit the true but inappropriate definition of Gaffe? Certainly was embarassing, I lean to keep it, but still think to bring it up here. Electrawn 02:09, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Spin
There is a documentary out there called Spin that has quite a few off the record moments that were broadcast by raw sattelite feeds in the early 1990s. One incredibly interesting one at about 15 minutes in was Larry King offering Presidential candidate Bill Clinton the help of Ted Turner and CNN's resources to win (by the way, Clinton abruptly turned King down). Anyway should some of the moments from Spin be included in this article? Ziggur 06:29, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
