Tuesday 1 May 2007

TV prank ends in sacking

A TV worker has been sacked for mocking the French presidential favourite in English subtitles.

A plea by Nicholas Sarkozy for voters to join his campaign before the Sunday poll was interpreted as "rally my inflated ego".

The subtitles were broadcast across the United States in the English news bulletins from public broadcaster France 2.

Channel chiefs blamed it on freelance workers. Bloody foreigners!! (c:=