Sky News made a pretty awkward subtitle blunder on Wednesday afternoon when it diagnosed Keir Starmer with “pink eye”.
The Labour leader took to the podium on the last day of proceedings at his party’s annual conference in Brighton, appearing in a speaking capacity for the first time in-person.
His lengthy monologue almost breached the 90-minute mark and spanned over 7,000 words, with Sky News streaming live coverage of the event on its YouTube channel.
Subtitles were available for viewers watching the livestream, leading to the amusing incident.
During the broadcast, a mistake in the captioning of the event led the screen to read that Keir said he “declared the matter closed when I got pink eye”.
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The gaffe was swiftly picked up on by viewers of the livestream, who were only to happy to flag the awkward mistake on other social media channels.
Posting the amusing error to Twitter, one user wrote: “I am however enjoying the subtitles on the Sky News YouTube feed.”
Another commented: “Subtitles are woefully tragic on any live feed.”
What Keir actually said was quite different.
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The 59-year-old former lawyer had actually been talking about abiding by the UK’s coronavirus pandemic guidance when the mistake occurred.
He actually said: “When I got pinged, I isolated.”
The blunder followed Keir being heckled on stage by a former Big Brother contestant.
Amongst the event’s attendees was Carole Vincent, who appeared on the defunct British reality show’s eighth series alongside the season’s eventual winner, Brian Belo.
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Carole previously stood as a council candidate for George Galloway’s Respect Party.
During the event, deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner also stood by claims that she had called Tory leaders “scum”.
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