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Sky News magician ‘videobomb’ was PR stunt in effort to get TV deal..

Sky News magician ‘videobomb’ was PR stunt in effort to get TV deal..

Reporter Ashish Joshi allowed Young and Strange to film ‘shrinking man’ illusion behind him to help them land TV show …

A clip showing a “shrinking man” illusion being performed on Westminster Green behind Sky reporter Ashish Joshi apparently during a live broadcast has been viewed more than 180,000 times on YouTube after going viral on social media.

But it emerged on Friday that the clip was staged, and was not part of a live Sky News broadcast. Acting independently of his employers, Joshi allowed the magicians to film the stunt outside parliament. Graphics closely mirroring the channel’s text and branding were added afterwards. Read more and watch the video..  http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/24/sky-news-magician-videobomb-fake-broadcast-young-strange