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Uncategorized Monday, May 28th 2012 at 2:00 pm

Halo UNSC Logo Mistakenly Used for United Nations in BBC Broadcast

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Look: We all make mistakes, but that doesn’t make them any less amusing. This time, someone in the BBC’s research department must have been running pretty fast and loose with the Google image search because he or she pulled this logo of the United Nations Space Command from Halo instead of the actual United Nations logo for a broadcast on violence in Syria.

The BBC report from last Thursday focuses on criticism from Amnesty International leveled against the U.N. security council — which, coincidentally — would be “U.N.S.C..” This really does appear to be just be a case of poor common sense in Googling. Searching for United Nations Security Council pulls up pictures of delegates at curved tables and the official website. “UNSC,” on the other hand is all Halo.

While accidents do happen, it’s notable that nearly all of the images returned for a search of UNSC contain pictures of fantastical spaceships. One would think that would set off some alarm bells, unless this is a very, very clever prank perpetrated by someone disinterested in job security. I suppose we’ll never know.

(via Eurogamer)

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  • Guest

    I have never been more proud of the BBC.

  • Quake and Unreal

    the reporter face make my day

  • Uninvited Guest

    Typical half-ass attitude. “Uh mam, that is not the UN logo.” … “Whatever. Shut up. It’s close enough.” *shoos correcting man away with hand

  • GN

    You mean uninterested rather than disinterested which means something different.

  • http://www.marcusebarnes.com Marcus Emmanuel Barnes

    A guerrilla marketer for the Halo franchise secretly infiltrating the ranks of the BBC? ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=29707139 Zac Hicks

    what they are not telling you is that halo is actually real and master chief now runs the BBC

  • Lt. Vagos

    Are we in 2552??? 

  • http://www.facebook.com/bill.wardino Bill Wardino

    “Disinterested” or “uninterested?”  You should know the difference.

  • Mark

    Sophie Raworth is hot. only hot English woman.

  • Anonymous

    It somehow reminds me of the famous screaming chicken from the Pontiac Trans-Am.

  • http://raxxar.com/ webdesign baton rouge

    One would think that would set off some alarm bells, unless this is a
    very, very clever prank perpetrated by someone disinterested in job
    security. I suppose we’ll never know.

  • http://rayvellest.com/ Ray Vellest

    If BBC employees are not allowed to use the Internet to research, which seems to be the case, I would agree it’s an acceptable mistake, but if that’s not the case, would then be someone looking to get some permanent holiday time?

  • Anonymous

    This typifies the level of intelligence at the BBC.

  • http://www.improvingmind.com/ Nima

    That be cray! <3 Halo

  • xMisteRViciouSx

    lmfao awesome

  • Blake

    see also “Kazakh national anthem from Borat used in Kuwati awards ceremony, Kuwati ambassador to Kazakhstan issues apology”

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=160900849 El Haji Roku

    200 yrs from now it will be using the UN logo to describe the UNSC logo….HALO NATION!!!!

  • DARRRRRLINGGGG!!!…..

    UNSC hmm….Im playing reach