{"id":956,"date":"2006-05-24T09:32:31","date_gmt":"2006-05-24T08:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2006\/05\/24\/oh-dear-or-15-minutes-of-fame-goes-horribly-wrong\/"},"modified":"2006-05-24T09:32:31","modified_gmt":"2006-05-24T08:32:31","slug":"oh-dear-or-15-minutes-of-fame-goes-horribly-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2006\/05\/24\/oh-dear-or-15-minutes-of-fame-goes-horribly-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh dear (or, &quot;15 Minutes of Fame&quot; goes horribly wrong)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the guy involved, anyway.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/archives\/2006\/05\/23\/bbcs_wrong_guy_may_be_deported.html\">&#8220;Guy Goma became an overnight sensation<\/a> &#8230; when he was mistaken by a BBC News 24 producer for Guy Kewney, who was supposed to be interviewed about a court case involving Apple Computer and the Beatles Apple Corps Ltd,&#8221; reports <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/NewsTrack\/view.php?StoryID=20060521-012340-1534r\">UPI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/archives\/2006\/05\/15\/guy_not_black_kewney_the_video.html\">wonderfully entertaining<\/a>, but who thought about the UK&#8217;s Immigration Service, which seems to make a habit of looking up the credentials of people who appear on TV. According to UPI, Goma overstayed his tourist visa and may now be deported&#8230;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ouch. 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