BBC presenter mistakes stack of copy paper for iPad - live on air

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Wed, 18 Sep, 2013 - 15:23

Dave Molloy

BBC presenter Simon McCoy picked left viewers a little bit confused this morning when we went live on air holding a stack of photocopier paper.

He accidentally mistook it for his iPad, picking it up as he headed into the live-broadcast shot. Now, either he never noticed, or he has the greatest poker face we've ever seen:

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