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Evan Bartlett
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On Thursday night former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown vowed to eat his hat if a gloomy exit poll about his party's chances in the general election was proved right.
Alas, it was actually over-optimistic about the number of seats the oarty would retain, and Ashdown eventually agreed to eat a hat made out of chocolate.
Here are some other examples of people being proved very, very wrong on live television.
Here are 10 of the best:
1. Michael Fish's last weather forecast before the Great Storm of 1987
2. "You're a Muslim, so why did you write a book about Jesus?"
Academic and author Reza Aslan thoroughly debunked Fox News presenter Lauren Green after she questioned edentials. "Well, to be clear I am a scholar of religions, with four degrees including one in the new testament and fluency in biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades..."
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