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Link to the clip: http://media.smh.com.au/entertainment/entertainment-news/every-public-speakers-worst-fear-7202269.html http://media.smh.com.au/entertainment/e

• bisby 11y ago
  That's really not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Reading the story from his perspective really gives you that sense of anxiety that it was several minutes straight of silence, although I'm sure that's what it felt like for him.
  • johansch 11y ago
    The two newscaster people were quite good at handling it too! I'm guessing this happens relatively often...
    • BtM909 11y ago
      They're used to be in front of the camera, so it became natural for them. Seeing someone not comfortable, wouldn't freak them out, again because they're at ease. It was actually not really good and I hope this guy will either get used to these "public" speakings or find a way to "get control" of the situation.
    • logicallee 11y ago
      Yeah from the viewer's perspective it wasn't the kind of clip I was expecting!! The clip is absolutely fine (I mean that it wasn't tens of seconds of dead air or something someone would notice who is barely paying attention) - if I hadn't been paying THAT much attention after glancing through the write-up I wouldn't even describe it as awkward. they handled it really well, first probing him with leading questions and then when he explicitly broke character and said "I'm losing it", saying it's no problem and moving on. Unless someone is paying extreme amounts of attention they never would notice anything odd about that clip, just something they got through, the slightest of hiccups. Yes, anyone paying attention will notice what happened, but it's not a disaster from a programming perspective at all. it wouldn't get shared on youtube with the title "awkward interview!!" the way newscaster blooper reels get shared. (You can search for that.) But after glancing through the write-up this does give you an amazing insight into just how much CONTROL over a narrative and an interview like this the newscasters have. it will certainly give me more insight the next time I observe what seems to be the slightest of hiccups.
      • Tempest1981 11y ago
        Agreed, but I can empathize with his frustration of having something important and powerful to say, and the words just not flowing.
    • benkaiser 11y ago
      Yeah these two newcasters are the regulars for ABC News 24 in Australia and they are very good at presenting, sometimes even getting too distracted in conversation on live tv!
  • PuffinBlue 11y ago
    Wow, I totally agree. The anguish and discomfort I felt at reading the story was far greater than seeing the clip. As a totally neutral outsider I just saw a guy having a bad couple minutes, still confident in himself but fumbling with the tension of being in a high pressure situation. Reading the story of his feelings behind the moment was fascinating and oddly comforting having faced one or two situations of extreme pressure myself! I'm really glad he had the courage and fortitude to write about what happened.
• johansch 11y ago
  Interesting quote from the article that goes along with that clip: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/excruciating-mortifying-devastating-academics-humiliating-meltdown-on-national-tv-20160211-gmriin.html http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/excruciatin... "He said his condition is "always going to be there" but the fact that it was out in the open was "immensely liberating" because he would no longer have to spend emotional energy trying to hide it."
• rocky1138 11y ago
  Ya know what? That wasn't that bad. I'm sure to him it felt way worse than it actually was. Pick yourself up and move on, Dr. Habib. No worries. No one will remember this as some giant cock-up.
• outlace 11y ago
  That was adorable, "ahh I'm losing it here"