Emma Baker
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Emma Baker is a journalist who regularly presents the early morning GMTV bulletins for the ITV Anglia region.
[edit] Controversy
She made the headlines herself after she was shown joking with colleagues and checking her appearance, without realising she was live on air on the morning of Monday 2007-01-15. The BBC reported that she asked an off-screen colleague: "Have you phoned your wife yet or have you phoned Jan?",[1] while the Daily Mail said that she could be seen brushing her hair and pouting in readiness for her live broadcast, before putting her hand up the front of her blouse to adjust her microphone.[2]
Anglia spokesman Jim Woodrow believed that a viewer misheard Baker refer to a colleague as "Mrs Shameless", and that she was actually referring to an editor named Seamus. According to the Press Gazette, Mr Woodrow said: "A switching error led to viewers seeing some light-hearted banter involving our presenter Emma Baker and our production team. There was nothing said which we feel might have upset the viewers."[3]
Baker is reported to have chatted for more than three minutes, before being told of the mistake and starting to read the news.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "TV news blunder makes headlines", BBC News, 2007-01-16.
- ^ "Now it's over to Emma, fiddling with her bra", Daily Mail, 2007-01-15.
- ^ "Anglia TV news bosses investigate newsreader's on-air gaffe", Press Gazette, 2007-01-19.
- ^ "Studio Blunder Leaves GMTV's Emma Red-Faced", Hello Magazine, 2007-01-16.
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