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Chicago News Station Jumps into Action, Reporting a TV Show Shoot of a Plane Crash as Breaking News
Robert Kessler · 11/30/12 02:16PMUnivision Weather Report Accidentally Features Cat Butt
Max Read · 11/28/12 10:39AMCheck out this crazy cat, walking through Univision's weather report. You don't know the weather, cat! Heh. "There are several cats that have turned the Univision parking lot into their home and sometimes they make it into the studio," Univision explains.
White TV Reporter Is All, 'Here's Wyclef. No? Wale. No? Hmm...'
Hamilton Nolan · 11/07/12 03:11PMBelow is a brief but shockingly accurate dramatic reenactment of what you will see in the video above, from last night's campaign coverage:
School Two Easy for Kids, Reports Local Television Station
Max Read · 07/12/12 12:13PMDispatch From the Future: Katie Holmes Goes to Tom Cruise's Birthday Party Today
Hamilton Nolan · 07/03/12 12:20PMFrom the current (July 16) issue of OK! Magazine: "We often see Katie Holmes carrying around 6 year-old daughter Suri— dollies, blankets, and all. But on June 25, the little princess gave mom's back a break as they sprinted through the streets of NYC. With husband Tom Cruise shooting Oblivion in Iceland, the dressed-down Katie enjoyed some just-us-girls time with Suri, stopping by Chelsea Piers, Whole Foods and Jacque Torres Chocolate. They also saw the film Brave in the East Village. The pair rejoined Tom for his 50th birthday on July 3."
Dr. Oz Has Moose Knuckles In This Picture
Maureen O'Connor · 05/16/12 10:48AMLet's Laugh at the Canadian Reporter Who Walked into a Pole on Television
Max Read · 03/09/12 12:32PMHere's CTV reporter Kent Molgat walking into (spoiler alert) a pole while trying to interview a lawyer. Don't know how they do it up in the frozen north but down here pole-dodging is the first thing you learn in journalism school.
Sue Simmons May Be Gone from WNBC, But Her Swears Will Live on Forever, on Your Phone
Max Read · 03/07/12 11:56AMWNBC has decided not to renew longtime anchor Sue Simmons' contract, probably because she is at 68 an old lady — they are of course renewing her co-anchor Chuck Scarborough's contract, but he is at 68 distinguished — and will scare all the youths away from the television. Which is silly, because Sue Scarborough screaming "the fuck are you doing?" at someone (something? a boat?) during a live broadcast a few years ago was more or less the last time I had any interest in WNBC's local news programming.
Colorado Governor Introduces Lt. Governor As a 'Rising Sex Star' to Crowd of Elementary School Students
Adrian Chen · 03/02/12 11:06AMSaturday's Forecast Is for 'Bucketloads of Cunt,' According to BBC
Max Read · 02/20/12 10:39AMSaturday in Britain was a "lovely winter's day," according to this wonderful BBC weather. And what says "lovely winter's day" better than "bucketloads of cunt"?
M.I.A.'s Fiancé on Date with 'Very Pretty Black Girl,' According to Paper's Email Screw-Up
Max Read · 02/07/12 10:39AMThe New York Daily News has an item today about Super Bowl finger-giver M.I.A. breaking up with her fiancé, Seagrams heir Ben Bronfman, and moving to London away from her three-year-old son. And what's that at the very end of the article? Is that... the original email from the gossip reporter to his or her editor?
An Article About Literacy Is the Worst Place to Misspell 'Literate' (Updated)
Max Read · 01/27/12 11:41AMThe Sequoia Middle School Newsletter Sure Was Racist Last Week
Hamilton Nolan · 12/20/11 04:46PMFox News' Graphics Department Run By Blind Monkeys
John Cook · 12/15/11 10:48AMFox News Has No Clue Where States Are or Which Candidates Are Which
Max Read · 12/14/11 02:57PMThere are two possible explanations for these horrendously mislabeled graphics from yesterday's Special Report with Brett Baier: one, that no one at Fox News knows or cares about where Nevada and New Hampshire are; or two, that the network is somehow trying to fool the Obama administration into pumping millions of dollars into Utah, thinking that it's actually Nevada. Not sure which is less embarrassing. [via Media Matters; image via AP]
Here's a Late Entry for Year's Most Embarrassing On-Air Freudian Slip
Max Read · 12/13/11 05:54PMNews 9 weatherman Ashton Altieri must have practiced congratulating his colleague Corey Rose on a major victory by her beloved Indiana team a dozen times: Great job by the Hoosiers, Corey. Be specific Congratulations on the big win by the Hoosiers, Corey. Make it more personal. Congratulations to your Hoosiers, Corey. I got this. Congratulations on your big win, Corey. Hoosiers. Congratulations on your big Hoosiers win, Corey. I'm gonna do great. Hoosiers. I'm a star. Let's roll camera.
Is This News Anchor Drunk or Just Minnesotan?
Max Read · 12/07/11 05:30PMNews anchor Annie Stensrud of KEYC-TV Mankato, Minn., had some trouble getting through her broadcast on Sunday. Like, could-barely-get-through-a-sentence, slurring-every-third-word trouble. I figured she was drunk, until someone reminded me that most Minnesotans talk funny and have difficulty forming simple thoughts, and that Stensrud's inner Lena was coming out. The most likely scenario, to be honest, is that she's both drunk and Minnesotan, which is a fairly common state of affairs in Minnesota. [via HuffPo]
Is This Guy the Worst Television Presenter of All Time?
Max Read · 09/04/11 03:14PMMeet Ortis Deley! Deley, despite what this video would have you believe, is a professional broadcaster—for the last two years he's hosted The Gadget Show—and he was, until this week, the main presenter of Channel 4's coverage of the World Athletics Championsips. Why did he get fired? Well!