Joke ensures TV interview goes horribly wrong
We’ve written about the difficulties of using humour in media interviews before. But some spokespeople simply cannot resist including a joke when they appear in front of the TV cameras or radio…
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We’ve written about the difficulties of using humour in media interviews before. But some spokespeople simply cannot resist including a joke when they appear in front of the TV cameras or radio…