TV anchor mistakes paper for iPad

A BBC News presenter baffled viewers when he delivered a live bulletin holding a stack of photocopier paper which he mistook for his iPad.

 

Simon McCoy was doing a piece to camera about 'drunk tanks' when he accidentally picked up a ream of A4 paper instead of his Apple tablet.

 

Ever the professional, the 51-year-old kept on going without a peep despite his gaffe, while viewers tried to imagine what was going on.

 

 

 

A BBC News spokeswoman confirmed: "This morning as Simon McCoy was preparing to introduce this story, instead of picking up his tablet to hold as he went to air, he mistakenly picked up a ream of paper that was sitting next to it.

 

"In the rush of live news, he didn't have an opportunity to swap the items, so simply went with it."

 

-Orange.co.uk