Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/10/18/bbc-news-anchor-inexplicably-c.html
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BBC news anchor inexplicably clasps ream of paper during segment
beschizza
#1
Kimmo
#3
Hmm… Inexplicably isn’t quite the right word, is it, since you just explained it.
Unexplainedly?
hecep
#9
Possible reasons:
- Planned on demonstrating great strength by ripping entire ream apart but changed his mind.
- Was paid off by paper manufacturer seeking ‘free’ ad.
- Grabbed paper when he noticed it slipping off his news desk.
- Paper was a visual aid related to a story which the background video failed to address.
- Massive brain-fart.
- See @euansmith comment.
fuzzyfungus
#13
Doesn’t seem too surprising. Stereotyped clutching behavior is a classic, if not terribly effective, attempt at stress management. Anyone exposed to a steady diet of news presumably finds themselves developing a tolerance and needing to chase larger and larger doses.
Nelsie
#17
He was just in to change the paper in the printer, and suddenly they put him in front of a camera and told him to read the autocue.
mallyboon
#19
Maybe they have an absent-minded office manager who always forgets to order more paper… he’s just hoarding it so nobody else gets their grubby mitts on it.