Well this is dinner theatre. I've been laughing with roomies non stop for 30mins.
[h3]Liberals apologize for late delivery of Dion video[/h3]"I apologize for what happened tonight. I apologize for the poor quality and the lateness. I am livid and am doing an investigation as to how this happened," Johanne Senecal, Dion's Chief of Staff, said to CTV News tonight.
[ul][li]6:15-6:30 - The Liberal miss their promised deadline to deliver Dion's statement to the television networks. [/li][li]6:40 - Liberal arrive with a single tape at the press gallery in Ottawa. They were supposed to deliver two tapes, one in French, one in English. They arrived with a single tape in DVD-minicam format, which is not a broadcast quality format. [/li][li]Shortly after 6:40 - The Liberals decide to run back to their offices -- a block away -- because the French portion of the tape needs another edit. [/li][li]7:05 - Liberal staffers were still in their offices as the networks went to air with the Harper address. [/li][li]7:07 - Harper's statement finishes and network anchors are forced to kill time as they wait for Dion's address. [/li][li]7:10 to 7:15 - Liberal staffers arrive back at the press gallery on Wellington Street with a DVD-minicam player that they had taken from their own offices, along with the associated cables. There is still only one tape, not two. A press gallery official tells the Liberals that the gallery is not the feed point and an argument ensues. The Liberals ask why they weren't told that earlier. The feed point is next door at the CBC building, which is the long-established feed play point for all network pools. The Liberals are informed that they need to be walked into the building by authorized staff. [/li][li]7:20 - English network anchors are still live on television, wondering where the tape is. CTV has still had no communications from the Liberals about Dion's address. [/li][li]Approximately 7:15 - CBC receives tape and begins dubbing into French and English versions. This takes about 10 minutes. [/li][li]7:28 - CTV decides to go off-air and back to regular scheduled programming at 7:30. CTV has still not seen a feed of the tape. [/li][li]7:28 - CBC incorrectly punches out the finished feed only to their network. [/li][li]7:30 - CTV signs off broadcast at scheduled time. [/li][/ul] "We missed our deadline," Moreau said. "The shot was not all that professional. It was soft-focused."
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[/p]ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/p]dvd mini cam??? ROTFL[/p]omg. This is the best Canada can do?[/p][a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/dion_video_081203/20081203?hub=TopStories"]http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081203/dion_video_081203/20081203?hub=TopStories[/a]
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