Now, I did a search, and no one seems to have posted about this yet. CNN messed up the audio during Dubya’s Katrina anniversary speech, and Kyra Phillips unwittingly told the entire country that her sister-in-law is a control freak.
It’s not all on her, of course, since she’s not the one who sent her mike feed out on the air. (I think; correct me if I’m wrong.) But still, when you’re wearing a mike, always assume that it’s on and people besides the person you’re talking to can hear you.
The media make a big deal out one of their own accidentally mouthing off into an open mike? Oh, shit no! That only happens to hapless politicians. If you’re a member of the monolithic liberal media, you get a pass, every time.
Considering that the mike was apparently on while she was in the bathroom, I think we should all count ourselves lucky that all we heard was a review of her family members, and not sounds a la Frank Drebbin from The Naked Gun.