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Another Top 10 Embarrassing News Reporting Fails


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for another top ten news reporting fails
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taking another look at the times where
reporters wished they could have cut to
a commercial break but sadly for them
the embarrassment was caught on camera
if you think we missed one of your
favorite flubs be sure to check out our
original video of the top ten news
number 10 beagle takes studio by storm I
don’t think you’re supposed to go
animals can make for unpredictable
partners on TV and though that can make
life difficult for their handlers from a
viewers perspective the results are
always hilarious weatherman John Ziegler
learned this the hard way when Griffey
the studio beagle insisted on a game of
fetch during the forecast you could see
the winds really strong out of the
southwest
yesterday it was quiet today
Ziegler quickly gives in and engages the
dog which proves to be his undoing
Griffey returns to the weatherman again
and again even hitting the green screen
in his excitement
although Ziegler smiles through it you
can see him becoming progressively worn
down as he weathers the playful but
sudden storm of energy number nine
eating floor grape-nuts look you look
great nuts all over here the five-second
rule couldn’t save this newscaster
during a live broadcast weatherman scott
Haney decided to snack on what he
thought were some Grape Nuts strewn on
the floor
I can recommend post great night as
fellow anchors mock him for his odd
on-air choice Haney’s facial expressions
soon give away that he too is having
second thoughts they taste like shoes oh
but viewers soon got an update that made
everything worse
in the trending now segment Haney
reveals that what he thought we’re
grape-nuts was actually cat vomit he
tracked into the studio on his shoes I’m
gonna throw up well that explains why
the so-called Grape Nuts were quote a
little foggy it was a funny reveal but
honey 10-second rule number eight be
completely wrong clip when it comes to
producing video content editing is
crucial great news regarding Bill’s
tight end Kevin Everett one mistake can
throw off an entire segment anchor Pat
Murphy was updating sports fans about
tight end Kevin Everett’s condition
after an in-game injury as Murphy
mentions that Everett could move his
arms and legs they cut to a video of a
completely different man in a wheelchair
he moved his arms and legs today and
doctors now believed that’s the wrong
video by the way the baffling courtroom
scene that plays out is horrendously
inappropriate for the story as the
newsroom cuts quickly from the ill-timed
clip Murphy manages to keep his
composure and finished the report like a
professional but we’re guessing somebody
behind the scenes got a serious
reprimand number 7 editing leads to
murder as we were saying about the
importance of editing it applies to the
script to go yourself San Diego in this
clip from CBS 5 Eyewitness News anchor
Ken Bastida announced that his coworker
was out before going into the lead story
about a recent homicide Dana is off
tonight he was murdered and then set on
fire however there was no clear
transition between the two topics and
the victim’s name wasn’t mentioned as a
result it looks and sounds like Bastida
had just delivered news of a co-worker’s
grisly death with barely any emotion the
real victims name and picture do appear
making it clear that his fellow anchor
is all right but seriously a simple
reread and we could have avoided a whole
lot of shock and confusion the prime
minister of Sweden visited Washington
today and my tiny little nipples went to
France number 6
close interview with poll what do you
have up your sleeve to be more
successful this time around a dedicated
reporter doesn’t let anything get in the
way of their story
Kent Mulga demonstrated this when he
questioned an irritated lawyer trying to
walk away in the middle of his hot
pursuit mole got walked straight into a
metal pole the hit is so striking that
even the annoyed lawyer stops to check
on him a second camera angle shows that
mole got actually stayed on his feet but
that the impact likely cost him a pair
of glasses we don’t know if his
persistence got him any closer to the
truth but talk about a story with impact
number 5 anchor laughs at goatman each
year ignoble prizes are awarded to
strange projects that are funny yet
fascinating French researcher Marc
Abraham’s won the igg Nobel Prize in
Physics after using mathematical
formulas to work out where the cats are
liquid or solid but the staff at CTV
News couldn’t get past the funny part
when talking about one winner he did it
because Thomas Thwaites had spent three
days living as a goat chillin on grass
and wearing artificial limbs as one
anchor discusses his findings she breaks
out into laughter several different
animals
although she tries to press on the
visuals proved too much for her to
handle
by the end of the segment three studio
anchors are cracking up on air and the
goat man proves himself worthy of his
ignoble prize number four hi during the
news BBC correspondent Quentin
Somerville got a little too close to
this highly exclusive report Somerville
was taping a segment in the Middle East
as a large pile of drugs burned behind
him he manages to record for about five
seconds before the fumes get to him
causing uncontrollable laughter
Somerville tries to get serious but each
of his attempts to start over proves
more side-splitting than the last quick
quick quick quick one more at times even
the cameraman seems affected by the
smoke there giggles may have come from
being under the influence but the laughs
this report produces are completely
genuine number three hamster mugshot
this may be the worst place a rodent has
ever popped up an anchor was providing
an update on a disappearance case that
had gone unsolved for years as she names
Rodney Stanger as a new suspect viewers
were shown the image of a hamster
holding a movie slate it’s on screen for
a few moments before the camera zooms
quickly back to the anchor the possible
suspect
Rodney Stanger seen here no no this is
not Rodney Stanger crack obviously she
manages to dismissed the picture and
move on with her report with only a
faint smile as evidence that it ever
happened we’ll say it once more with
feeling when it comes to live news
proper editing is vital number two
complete mic fail in this segment we’re
going to talk about microphones
microphones that you would speak into
when you’re doing a story a reporter
can’t do their job with a missing
microphone but they should check for one
first
during coverage of the Democratic
National Convention were sent live to
reporter Andy Shaw at the event he
doesn’t say a full word before looking
down at his notes and
then looking for a mic despite already
having a headset to speak into
ironically that Shah screams for a mic
we can hear his every word I need a
microchip microphone when the feed cuts
back to the studio he’s made such a
scene that his fellow anchor can’t not
smirk at the humor of it all I’ll get
back to Andy as soon as he finds his
microphone before our top pick goes on
the air here are some honorable mentions
looking at Country Club things that look
pretty good like Robin Hood now I’m
moving across the Triad yo it ain’t too
bad no no no no no to Barack Obama the
son of a black man from Kenya and a
white man from Kansas number one guy
mistaken for expert this may be the most
hilarious case of mistaken identity ever
recorded guy Goma went into the BBC news
studio to interview for an IT job but
his interview took a turn when a staff
member mistook him for tech journalist
guy cuny and put Goma
on live television as guy Cooney is
introduced we see the look of fear flash
on his face were you surprised by the
Senate verdict today against all odds
DOMA is able to hold it together and
answer the reporters questions with
surprisingly good answers absolutely if
you can go everywhere even even I see a
lot of people downloading to the
Internet and we website everything they
want unfortunately guys quick-thinking
didn’t get him a job in the IT
department but it did get him future TV
appearances for which he was actually
able to prepare you can go everywhere on
the cyber cafe and you can check you can
go easy it’s gonna be real easy way for
everyone to get something to be on it do
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