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Adam Boulton turns air blue, face red

Adam Boulton
Adam Boulton, who swiftly apologised for his swearing. Photograph: BSkyB

He spends so much time with politicians even their gaffes are rubbing off on him. Sky News political editor Adam Boulton starred in his own version of the Blair/Bush microphone gaff (remember 'Yo, Blair?) when his mic was left on over an ad break during his Sunday Live show. But it wasn't a discussion about international politics we were treated to. Just high-calibre swearing which, once the muck-up was spotted, led to a hasty apology on Boulton's blog. "I was having a somewhat heated discussion about an aspect of internal editorial policy ... it was my mistake and I would like to make an unconditional apology to any viewer I offended."

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