Please Enjoy This Rogue TV Camera Going Absolutely Off Chops During An ABC News Live Broadcast
It saw an opportunity, and it went for it.
There’s an old adage in the entertainment industry — never work with children or animals. Well, given an on-set blunder during an ABC News segment yesterday, maybe ‘TV cameras’ should be added to that list as well.
See, partway through journalist Celina Edmonds’ report on the spread of a new strain of the novel coronavirus, a television camera crept into the background all by itself. And it wasn’t done there, either. Slowly twirling back and forth, the heavy, remote-operated piece of machinery showed a panache and flair for the limelight that couldn’t be tamed.
I mean, watch this short clip and tell me that the thing isn’t an absolute natural.
— Andrew Riddle (@AndrewRiddle36) December 29, 2020
The clip, which has since gone viral on Twitter, is a late entry for one of the news blunders of the year, rivalling only that time a guest on the BBC had her interview interrupted by her vocal daughter and a nice drawing of a unicorn. Here’s to hoping that 2021 brings more wild and wonderful TV moments still.