This news channel’s vox pop took an unexpected twist and it’s dark, so very dark
Asking random members of the public for their opinions is a tried and tested way of filling airtime for news channels everywhere. But if it’s a live broadcast, there’s always the danger of something unexpected and unwelcome happening before there’s a chance to edit it out – like this bleak moment during a Spanish news item about a robbery that had been carried out with a toy gun.
As one YouTube user commented:
“Well that escalated quickly!”
Or, in the words of a Redditor,
In case you’re worried, the news company tracked him down to confirm he was joking, and they let him do this.
Glad he didn’t get the reporter fired.
H/T Reddit