Category: News Bloopers

Being a newscaster is high pressure, reading the news live every day and knowing that if you slip up it’ll be there for the internet to see.

And that’s exactly what happened to Brianna Clark, an anchor on Kentucky’s WPSD, who badly mangled the name of Deidre Mengedoht, a Louisville police officer who was killed in a Christmas Eve car crash.

Where her very off-the-mark pronunciation came from is a mystery — a painful, cringe-inducing mystery. But it’s very unfortunate timing.

The Louisville Police Department has launched a fundraiser to benefit Officer Mengedoht’s 9-year-old son here. Read more…

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As a reporter, there are some things I’ve been sent to cover that are so boring — so visibly meaningless — that I am stunned into silence.

So you have to have a little empathy for poor reporter Dave Scott, who was recently forced to cover the opening of an inflatables festival in San Diego.

This is the most awkward three minutes of news journalism you’ll ever watch. You may not even make it to the end of the clip, humbled by the eviscerating prolonged silences. There’s a strong chance you’ll want to lunge at your computer, screaming “Someone please help that man!” only to have the cold, hard screen protector look back at you, devoid of feeling. Read more…

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View More Warning: The following news clip is so awkward you may never recover