Category: Oops!

TV ANCHOR HAS OOPS MOMENT

One thing you are always told when you venture to the Anchor desk is to be careful, the mic’s catch everything. That was certainly the case when a Swedish Anchor was signing off last ...

MSNBC MISFIRES

Over at MSNBC, a little technical error got a lot of attention. MSNBC accidentally aired the results of Florida’s gubernatorial a race, as Deadline put it, “a wee bit too early” — the night ...

SPEAKING OF SPECTRUM

A white woman in North Carolina is out of a $125,000-a-year job after being caught on camera berating a black neighbor, telling the woman, “I’m white and I’m hot, so what are you doing ...

MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE POND

British morning news show, “This Morning,” had quite the mishap as it celebrated its 30th anniversary on Oct. 3. Reporter Alison Hammond was at the show’s classic floating weather map in the Liverpool docks ...

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

Our sources reported a rather goofy gaffe that happened at the end of last week when the Lonestar Emmy organization, which had been spilling hints and sneak previews of its nominees over the previous ...

STILL OFF THE AIR

Update out of California: we reported Wednesday that veteran KESQ (CBS) Palm Spring news anchor Kris Long was off the air after drawing public backlash— and support — following a 400-word Facebook post defending Supreme Court nominee ...

WOW JUST WOW

The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) issued an apology on Sunday after a host at the group’s convention over the weekend referred to some attendees as “things and its.”  WSYX (ABC) Columbus, Ohio weatherman ...

REPORTER FACES JAIL TIME

The contempt of court case surrounding a former KWWL (NBC) reporter continues. Last week a district court judge in Des Moines Iowa declined to throw out a contempt complaint lodged against a former TV ...

DALLAS ANCHOR APOLOGY

WFAA (ABC) Dallas, Texas Anchor Cynthia Izaguirre found herself in a bit of hot water after laughing off-camera while her co-anchor read a piece about Snapchat apologizing over mislabeling New York City as “Jewtropolis.” ...

FOX ANCHOR TRIGGERS DANISH OUTRAGE

A Fox Business anchor is back-pedaling and “clarifying” statements that insulted a foreign country and, surprise!, it’s not Lou “Get the Hell Offa My Lawn” Dobbs. Trish Regan drew Danish ire for a broadcast ...

SOMEONE MISSES CBS NEWSPATH

A sharp-eyed NewsBlueser sent this one along: Wednesday night night on the “CBS Evening News” reporter Nikki Battiste was identified in the chyron as being with  “CBS Newspath” as opposed to just “CBS News.” ...