CNN’s Kyra Phillips takes potty break during the president's speach, but leaves her mike on. For those of us guy's who always wondered what women talk about in the the restroom, here's a peek. (Apparently they talk policy, at least at CNN.)
She didn't leave her mic on. The sound guy did. And now, undoubtedly, he is looking for employment elsewhere.
Posted by Demonstrocity (Member # 9579) on :
quote:Originally posted by narrativium: She didn't leave her mic on. The sound guy did. And now, undoubtedly, he is looking for employment elsewhere.
From the transcript:
quote:[unidentified woman #2]: "Kyra."
Phillips: "Yeah, baby?"
[unidentified woman #2]: "Your mic is on. Turn it off. It's been on the air."
Which indicates she was supposed to have turned it off. A sound tech undoubtedly should have noticed, and I find it hard to believe they can't control that from somewhere else, but the transcript makes it sound like she was supposed to be doing the switching.
At least she got "caught" talking about how wonderful her husband is, and not about some affair she's having with the sound guy.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Poor girl =(
This is a thing of nightmare!
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Does someone have a link to the transcript?
Posted by Sean (Member # 689) on :
transcript Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
I am alone in thinking it's pretty classless to try to make news out of this?
Posted by kmbboots (Member # 8576) on :
How is that a discussion of "policy"? Was there more to the conversation? It seems like a discussion of her husband and brother and sister-in-law.
Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :
** giggles **
Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :
Hee. Reminds me of Friday nights at bingo with my mom. One of the callers (an older gentleman) would bring his microphone into the bathroom, and forget to turn it off. The sounds of flushing echoing throughout the hall would cause us to giggle.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
xnera, that is awesome.
That bathroom conversation makes me feel like I have to step mine up. Usually it's more "Man, I gotta pee, get outta the way" and the like.
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
I like how CNN apologized to the viewers and the president. I don't think the president watches CNN, and I think the viewers enjoyed the audio difficulties more than they would have the speech.
Posted by theCrowsWife (Member # 8302) on :
The assistant pastor at my church did that during the sunrise Easter service one year. The parishioners were amused.
--Mel
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Demonstrocity, my experience has very little bearing on something like CNN, I'm sure, but for what it's worth, in my community theater, we are miked, and we have the technical capability of turning off or muting our mics, but it is not our responsibility to do so. In fact, we are pretty much forbidden from doing it, though some actors do it anyway out of paranoia. The reason the techs and directors don't like for us to mute our own mics is that if we should forget to unmute them before entering again, there is really nothing that can be done about it. It is (in our theater) the techs' responsibility to turn our mics down/off when we exit and on when we enter, and if they forget, they can always do it later when they hear the voices and realize it. So they have more control. My bet is that it's not her fault, but some sound guy's.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Silly news, but it's America, if what Karr drank on a plane is news, this is news. Shouldn't be, but Jon Stewart will have some fun with it tonight.
On the bright side, I bet her husband is on a little cloud right now.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
Both of the articles linked have been right wing blogs. Anyone care to share with me how this is political news?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Makes CNN looks silly. Right Wing bloggers think the media is controlled by the liberals, thus:
Liberals are silly potty break takers who leave their mics on.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: On the bright side, I bet her husband is on a little cloud right now.
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
I've worked in television.
Most mikes aren't really accessable to turn on or off--the on/off switch on wireless lavaliers is in the little battery pack/transmitter part that's tucked someplace inconvenient.
The guy at the audio boards decides which of all the feeds he wants running. He's got a "Pot" (short for potentiometer) for each of them--bascially a volume control and a "mute" button.
Of course, there's a chance it wasn't the audio guy--it could also have been somebody in master control, but I find it less likely.
I'm guessing someone heard it and gave her a heads up to kill it, and somebody else probably went to find the audio guy.
What I'm thinking is very likely is that this audio guy had a habit of listening in on conversations of people who weren't around but still miked. You can do that--listen without brodcasting--so that you can set the sound levels for people who are getting ready to go on the air. That's the only reason I can think of that he would have his headphones on and not realize she was going out over the air.
Pure speculation on my part, though.
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
I bet she wants to destroy the sound guy if it was his fault. And what she said about her sister in law...*shudders* That will make their next meeting pretty awkward.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
quote:I've worked in television.
So you're really getting a kick out of these replies, eh?
(anyone? anyone?)
--j_k
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
quote:She didn't leave her mic on. The sound guy did. And now, undoubtedly, he is looking for employment elsewhere.
Maybe so. But if it's my job and my reputation I'm not going to depend on someone else. I'm going to physically turn off the mic myself.
Every radio personality I heard discussing it today while driving in my car (and I was in my car for hours, so I heard a lot of it) relayed stories of how it's all happened to them and that in their training they are always to consider that any mic is live, no matter what. These were all professionals in the business, and they considered it her fault, or at least that she should have made sure. That said, they did all say they had done it too, it happens, it's not intentional but they didn't shift the blame to some sound guy.
And as for what she said about her sister-in-law, heck we've all said things about relatives we probably wish we could take back. usually our faux pas' aren't as widely distributed, though. Poor girl. Wonder if her brother's mad at her?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
If I were her brother, and if his wife is really the way she describes, I'd be more worried about fending her off, than dealing with my sister.
He has an earful coming his way.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
quote:Originally posted by Belle: That said, they did all say they had done it too, it happens, it's not intentional but they didn't shift the blame to some sound guy.
Again, I know it's not the same, but our directors and techs have specifically said words to the effect of "If I forget to turn you off when you leave, or on when you enter, that's my fault, and the director will come yell at me. But if you mute your mic and forget to unmute it before entering, that's your fault, and we will both rip you a new one."
And yes, we are still asked to wait several seconds after leaving the stage before we have any conversation at all (More than one "SH-T! I blew that line!" or such moment has been overheard because it does take a second or two to get all the mics off. I think I myself once said, as act one ended "This audience is dead tonight!") And yes, I generally wait to get within earshot of a backstage monitor before I engage in any conversation at all, just in case. So she definitely should have been conscious, in her conversation, of the fact that she could be overheard. But I still suspect the bulk of the fault for the mishap itself lies with some sound guy.
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