电视台主持人错过直播 一怒之下上演滑稽秀

屈联西

2010年11月23日  环球时报
　　Two Chicago television anchors run into a comic paper-throwing tantrum when they missed a bridge implosion they had been covering on live television on Friday。
　　Morning hosts Robin Baumgarten and Larry Potash from WGN (World's Greatest Newspaper) news spoke for three minutes about the impending explosion of the Seneca bridge over the IIllinois River. Throughout their talk, the bridge stands still in front of television viewers。
　　"I think we're gonna stay with this," Baumgarten told the camera. "It's supposed to happen right at seven o'clock." Minutes later, nothing had happened and the bridge was still there. The show then cut away to the weatherman。
　　However, within just seconds, the explosion happened, and the news show missed it. The program went back to the live river shot, showing the steel bridge blown up and collapsed down into the river。
　　"Are you kidding me?" Baumgarten cries in mock exasperation, balling up paper and throwing it towards the camera. "We stay live for three minutes and cut away for five seconds...." She started wildly gesticulating and pounding the table with her fists while Potash stuffed paper into his mouth, chewed it up and spit it out。
　　英国《每日邮报》20日报道称，芝加哥某电视台两位主播周五全程直播当地某桥被炸情况，却错失最重要的爆炸时刻，二人一怒之下上演了一场扔纸团的滑稽秀。
　　芝加哥WGN(注：全称为World's Greastest Newspaper，即“世界最伟大报纸”)新闻的两位早间主播罗宾-鲍姆加滕和拉里-波塔什就伊利诺伊河上的塞内卡桥即将被炸的消息播报了三分钟。这期间，电视画面中的桥一动不动。
　　“我想我们还要等一会儿，”鲍姆加滕对着镜头说道。“这座桥预定于7点被炸毁。”然而几分钟过去了，什么都没发生，桥还是静静地立在那里。于是电视节目被切成了天气预报。
　　结果就在这几秒钟内，塞内卡桥被引爆，二人错失现场直播。调出刚才的录像可以看到，钢制桥身被炸断，一头栽进了伊利诺伊河。
　　“不是开玩笑吧！”鲍姆加滕见状佯装愤怒，大喊着把手中的稿件揉成一团扔向了摄像机。“三分多钟的等待，只是五秒的离开，就....。.”她开始手脚乱摆狂拍桌子，而波塔什则哭丧着脸把纸团塞到嘴里大嚼，然后吐出来。