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Sign interpreter sacked for ‘changing the news’
Aug 17th, 2011

BBC News: A prominent BBC News sign language interpreter has been sacked after complaints from deaf people revealed that she was ‘sometimes embellishing, sometimes just making stuff up.’

Leslie Grange, 32, has been a sign language interpreter for seven years. In a statement today she cited ‘personal difficulties – particularly a crushing professional boredom’ as to why, over the past six months, she had started deviating from what was actually being reported, giving deaf viewers an often ‘wildly different version of events’

“Questions started to be raised around the time of the Japanese earthquake when several viewers emailed us to complain about our reports of radioactive zombies sighted near the nuclear reactor. We dismissed them as some sort of organised hoax.”

“However, when there were similar numbers getting in touch to ask if Rebekah Brooks was really in trouble for raping a monkey, and why the BBC was claiming that, as a special summer treat, the Prime Minister had told the nation’s teenagers they didn’t have to pay for anything any more, we realised something was wrong.”

“I would like to apologise to everyone in the deaf community,” Grange told reporters today, “though when I had Cameron tell Obama “your statesmen-like profile leaves my willy plump” – well, frankly I don’t think that is so very far from the truth.”

Story: Jasper Gibson

ETA: Ah feck, I went back to the article to copy the link to insert and discovered it a humour site. I wish it had been real.

The Poke

MyKeyG

That's hilarious. I mean it's a bit sick to take advantage of a disability but hilarious all the same!

Immaculate Pasta

Haha great stuff

MagicSean

I think she's a disgrace to be honest. Might seem like a laugh to her but deaf people are relying on her to keep them up to date on events. Might as well start pucturing the wheels on wheelchairs.

Sindri

Give her an honorary membership of Boards.

Peetrik

In reality its not really all that cool....

... but since this is AH and exists outside of actual reality I have to admit that "lets all have a laugh at the deaf... sure they can't hear us" is the first thought that popped into my head

juan.kerr

Pretty pathetic excuse for doing it - if her job was so boring why didn't she change jobs?

A bit childish, I can see the funny side for a second, but can't imagine she will ever get another decent job - how could you trust her with any responsibilities?

MagicSean

MagicSean wrote: »

I think she's a disgrace to be honest. Might seem like a laugh to her but deaf people are relying on her to keep them up to date on events. Might as well start pucturing the wheels on wheelchairs.

they can read a newspaper or go online?

MagicSean

bluewolf wrote: »

they can read a newspaper or go online?

Why would they? As far as they knew she was telling the truth. Sure the zombie story was easily spotted but who knows how many other items she lied about daily?

juan.kerr

bluewolf wrote: »

they can read a newspaper...

For yesterdays news

bluewolf wrote: »

go online

A quarter of the Irish population has never been online, so should the deaf among them be expected to put up with this?

Namlub

MagicSean wrote: »

Why would they? As far as they knew she was telling the truth. Sure the zombie story was easily spotted but who knows how many other items she lied about daily?

This didn't actually happen

BunShopVoyeur

That's pretty funny.......childish but funny.

FatherLen

that is hilarious.

MagicSean

MagicSean wrote: »

Why would they? As far as they knew she was telling the truth. Sure the zombie story was easily spotted but who knows how many other items she lied about daily?

it was a joke, it didn't happen, and besides, you made it sound like they had absolutely no other alternative


ps deaf news generally has subtitles
honestly...

Immaculate Pasta

bluewolf wrote: »

it was a joke, it didn't happen, and besides, you made it sound like they had absolutely no other alternative

He's a Guard bluewolf. You can't reason with those people. Please don't arrest me MagicSean!

MagicSean

Immaculate Pasta wrote: »

He's a Guard bluewolf. You can't reason with those people. Please don't arrest me MagicSean!

I've never been a guard.