Newsroom editor Solveig Tvedt conceded that she and her team hadn't properly examined the chart before going to air.

Vhat a Tvedt.

Came for "this looks shopped", but I suppose TV broadcasts aren't easy to shop.

blunder? don't think so.

Daddy's Big Pink Man-Squirrel: MaudlinMutantMollusk: FFS

/what, are they blind?

No, but they are Norwegian old and not web savvy. I'm sure they spell things differently there don't know mr. internet.

I fixed it for you.

grinding_journalist: Came for "this looks shopped", but I suppose TV broadcasts aren't easy to shop.

Some backroom tech having a little fun.

/HOT LIKE A FLAME THROWER!

Ken at Popehat: My friend authored a fake Twitter feed posing as the official information ministry of North Korea.
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He shut it down because one of Norway's news stations, following it, reported that North Korea had declared war on Cyrpus.

Ok, that's awesome, if true.

WordsnCollision: Gahan Wilson

That's goin' Old School... Nice.

Oh my God in Norwegian is Herregud. OMG would mean nothing to them.

That is funny.

Ken at Popehat: My friend authored a fake Twitter feed posing as the official information ministry of North Korea.
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He shut it down because one of Norway's news stations, following it, reported that North Korea had declared war on Cyrpus.

Two words: Poe's Law.

Mind you, eye charts kan be pretti nasti.

What's the tech's FARK handle, so we can congratulate him/her?

Look, Even in Norway STFU is STFU. Ain't no language barrier on The internet. Many of my cousins there post in Internetspeak when conversing on social sites.

The segment was on senior eye treatments. They thought seniors wouldn't notice and every else wouldn't care. It was probably set-up by one of the boobs in the picture.

/I have dyslexic fingers today.
//Can still read the chart
//even as ols as I am

Another eye chart (new window)

/First thing that came to mind
//"AAaaaaaahh! My head! What kind of a doctor are you?!?!"

This seems familiar...

chuckufarlie: Oh my God in Norwegian is Herregud. OMG would mean nothing to them.

Everybody in the Scandinavian countries speak and use American English like it's their native language. They (and everyone else on the planet that has an internet connection [ergo, not North Korea]) know all the 1337 speak and internet idioms that we have. Probably created some new english ones for us to use, too.

quantum_jellyroll: Snagging images off Google to use in a newscast can be a strategy fraught with risks...

[reneau.smugmug.com image 597x450]

Damn you *shakes fist* by one minute!

brantgoose: It's so hard to tell when Norwegians are joking.

Norwegians are Nature's straight man.

But enough Norwegians know English for the Norwegian masses to appreciate the joke, if it was a joke.

And unless the culprit fesses up, we will never really know if this was sloppy work or a really good gag.

Publicity stunt. :p

FunkOut: Lazy employees, just doing a GIS and not even looking at it. Wonderful.

well...if it was blue screen...they can't see it by turning around....smells like a practical joke from the TV technicians

ROFLMAO! (new window)

grinding_journalist: Came for "this looks shopped", but I suppose TV broadcasts aren't easy to shop.

Wow, I had assumed it was shopped too (previously saw a still). It's real? Neato. The talking is funny too -- that doesn't even sound like a real language.

bump: Using various 'googled' images for a broadcast??... usually the legal dept tends to frown on such things (Getty, Comstock & the lot get angry)...

And this. WTF is with media using random googled images so often? It's a bad idea on so many levels. Mainstream media sucks. That's why I like to get all my news from Ken at Popehat and his friends. :-)

My vision's just fine

STFU and GBTW!

/yes, I am a manager.

The real one:
E
FP
TOZ
....

/I used to know most of it which gave me problems when I visited the eye doctor as a kid.