As a television reporter, I saw my share of microphone mishaps. Someone I was interviewing outside once walked into a building wearing our wireless microphone. We heard him tell someone we were wasting his time. Another time I was logging video. The video recorded a moment when I was sitting in a vehicle and the subject of our interview stood outside wearing a wireless mic. The camera recorded audio of him softly telling someone I seemed like a “prick.” The following example of forgetting to turn off a microphone happens more often than most of us would like to hear. At least this example made people laugh. The other possibility is making people really mad. With smartphones also acting as recording devices, staying alert of microphones when working with the media is more important than ever before.
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