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Oops. “Looks like the computer has taken control of the humans”
Storms in South Australia even wreaked havoc in Sydney, as Peter Overton calmly soldiered on.
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“We are being run by a computer system and it looks like the computer has decided to take control of the humans.”
You have to feel for Peter Overton last night on Nine News, who soldiered on amid serious technical problems.
The situation arose after storms in South Australia meant the Adelaide bulletin was presented from Sydney, but not without extra demands of its resources.
Mr. Overton being up front with the audience and remaining calm was the best way out of this one.
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So they beamed news in from Sydney bit of a waste of time since no one could watch it here in Adelaide.
Could still be viewed online I guess.
I’m reminded of Gretel Killeen when she would ask Big Brother for direction…
Vizrt Mosart is powerful but when it has a hissy fit it can be bad. It can also come down to the producer input or the Mosart “Pilot” making serious errors
Got to love automation and less crew to take back manual control when things go off track.
I saw that and thought it had something to do with SA. I thought one of the servers must have been in Adelaide and that had affected the computerised cameras and autoplay sequencing. It was a pity it had to happen on that night, one of Nine’s most important bulletins because they had to announce the death of Max Walker, one of their most loved and fondly remembered personalities who was an integral part of Nine’s golden era in the 1980s and ’90s.
With the issues in Adelaide/SA overnight, it was good to see that ABC live streamed their 7pm SA bulletin to Facebook
Class act. It’s hard to remain cool calm and collected under pressure, Peter shows how it’s done.