A viral hit, reporter meets pole

by CTV - Castanet Mar 13, 2012 / 2:12 pm
As a journalist with 25 years of experience, CTV's Kent Molgat is used to chasing the story. But when the story hits back in the form of a wayward pole and the reporter becomes the story -- that is something new.  Video of Molgat chasing a lawyer for an interview and then walking straight into a pole has gone viral, joining a long, proud history of television news bloopers. "Oh my God that hurt!" Molgat exclaims in the video, after walking right into the light pole. The lawyer, previously trying to make a dignified, but brisk escape, stops to check on him. The video has been picked up by numerous media outlets and has been viewed tens of thousands of times on YouTube. It even made its way to Hollywood where the video was featured on Monday's Tonight Show with Jay Leno.