The Times carried a story this weekend about how a London cabbie accidentally got interviewed live on BBC News 24 about the Apple Computer vs Apple Corp court case. When I read the story, I laughed. Now I’ve seen the video, I’m cringing! How awkward.
Apparently the real expert (Guy Kewney) was interviewed on a BBC Radio 4 programme on Sunday and was asked about traffic and cab fares, as a counterbalance – smart.
[…] Following on from the weekend story about the London cabbie who was mistakenly interviewed about Apple vs Apple, Ola phoned me yesterday to say that he was being interviewed on Five News… and now the BBC themselves have reported on it. Apparently he wasn’t at the Beeb to pick up the real interviewee in his taxi, he was there for a job interview. Marvellous stuff! […]