News Anchor Cusses on the air!!!!

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...08-05-13_curses_anchor_sue_simmons_slips.html

If you want to hear it, it's in the you tube video on the bottom of the page!
made my day

 

[archeryguy1701]

Wow. I'll take it she was having a bad day, especially since everything seemed to be rolling along correctly...

 

[Hermiod]

Sorry, this is too obvious not to say.

Go fuck yourself, San Diego!

 

[IJD GAF]

I dunno. Probably just me. But it just baffles me that in this day and age, people still call in to complain about this sort of thing. As in, somebody hears this and gets so offended that they take the time and energy to pick up a phone and wait on hold in order to tell somebody what they already know about a swear word.

...I honestly can't form a mental image of such a person that doesn't include wrinkles, werthers original, and aspercreme.

 

[The Lady Eve]

Sue Simmons is a beloved anchor and a smart lady. Not some twink who just reads the news. I watch WNBC local news because of her.

From today's NY Daily News:

Some observers, many of whom regularly use the same word in conversation, speculated that Simmons may have thought the segment was being taped and the word could later be deleted.

And this. Uh-oh:

For Simmons, the on-air flub couldn't come at a worse time.

There is speculation that Ch. 4's new management is considering upending the anchor teams now in place. One trend, both locally and around the country, is to move away from high-priced anchors - Simmons and Scarborough are among the best-paid in the country - as station executives look to cut budgets.

NY Daily News

 

[JAG]

It was pretty funny.

 

[Swarles Barkley]

Man! She didn't just cuss. She put some serious backbone into it! I imagine whoever that was directed at messed themselves instantly.

 

[Shatmandu]

Wow. I'll take it she was having a bad day, especially since everything seemed to be rolling along correctly...

Traditionally, her co-anchor should have been looking forward into the camera rather than down at his notes.

Either that or the camera guy was jerking off to a picture of Mayor Bloomberg.

Joe, either/or

 

[nevermore]

I love the picture of her in the story. Perfect expression.

If she gets fired, I'd love to have her come down and replace on of our Stepford wife news anchors in the Baltimore/DC market.

I dunno. Probably just me. But it just baffles me that in this day and age, people still call in to complain about this sort of thing. As in, somebody hears this and gets so offended that they take the time and energy to pick up a phone and wait on hold in order to tell somebody what they already know about a swear word.

...I honestly can't form a mental image of such a person that doesn't include wrinkles, werthers original, and aspercreme.

Seriously. These people lead sad, bitter pathetic lives.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

OK, that was amusing. I don't think she should be fired, but it'll probably happen.

There is speculation that Ch. 4's new management is considering upending the anchor teams now in place. One trend, both locally and around the country, is to move away from high-priced anchors - Simmons and Scarborough are among the best-paid in the country - as station executives look to cut budgets.

That's nothing new, although it is unfortunate. It's also why you don't have meteorologists any more. You have pretty communications majors who pretend they know what their talking about.

 

[Gertch]

I dunno. Probably just me. But it just baffles me that in this day and age, people still call in to complain about this sort of thing. As in, somebody hears this and gets so offended that they take the time and energy to pick up a phone and wait on hold in order to tell somebody what they already know about a swear word.

...I honestly can't form a mental image of such a person that doesn't include wrinkles, werthers original, and aspercreme.

Seriously. These people lead sad, bitter pathetic lives.

Yes, just like the ones who complain about people complaining.

 

[The Lady Eve]

From Gawker:

Video guru Richard Blakeley (who's explored reportorial bloopers before) collected ten of our very favorite meltdowns by people whose job it is to not curse on TV. Some of these went out live, some were stolen from satellite feeds, but they're all golden. From Jim Ryan telling Dick Oliver that he'll explain how to be a reporter later to broadcast legend Bill Plante throwing a tantrum at the White House to vintage Sam Donaldson and Leslie Stahl, it's a cavalcade of rage and frustration. Like life. Click to watch!

Meltdowns

 

[exodus]

Wow. I'll take it she was having a bad day, especially since everything seemed to be rolling along correctly...

Actually Sue Simmons has a rep. of being bitchy. She's always had an air about her like she thinks she shits Ice Cream.

 

[exodus]

I dunno. Probably just me. But it just baffles me that in this day and age, people still call in to complain about this sort of thing. As in, somebody hears this and gets so offended that they take the time and energy to pick up a phone and wait on hold in order to tell somebody what they already know about a swear word.

...I honestly can't form a mental image of such a person that doesn't include wrinkles, werthers original, and aspercreme.

The New York tri-State area is the one of most densely populated areas in the US. You're talking allot of elderly people as well as those of strick moral beliefs in one location. Sue Simmons is a big favorite amoung that demographic. Also New Yorker's aren't known for biting their tounges on anything they don't like.

So yes, I suspect they got lots of phone calls.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Sorry, this is too obvious not to say.

Go fuck yourself, San Diego!

I don't get it. Sue Simmons has been a staple of New York broadcast journalism for decades.

 

[John Picard]

Sorry, this is too obvious not to say.

Go fuck yourself, San Diego!

I don't get it. Sue Simmons has been a staple of New York broadcast journalism for decades.

He's referencing Anchorman

 

[Alidar Jarok]

I dunno. Probably just me. But it just baffles me that in this day and age, people still call in to complain about this sort of thing. As in, somebody hears this and gets so offended that they take the time and energy to pick up a phone and wait on hold in order to tell somebody what they already know about a swear word.

...I honestly can't form a mental image of such a person that doesn't include wrinkles, werthers original, and aspercreme.

Seriously. These people lead sad, bitter pathetic lives.

Yes, just like the ones who complain about people complaining.

What about people who complain about people who complain about people complaining? Hey, I just found an endless cycle

 

[Bad Bishop]

Sorry, this is too obvious not to say.

Go fuck yourself, San Diego!

Is this about the Padres-Cubs game?

 

[IJD GAF]

I dunno. Probably just me. But it just baffles me that in this day and age, people still call in to complain about this sort of thing. As in, somebody hears this and gets so offended that they take the time and energy to pick up a phone and wait on hold in order to tell somebody what they already know about a swear word.

...I honestly can't form a mental image of such a person that doesn't include wrinkles, werthers original, and aspercreme.

Seriously. These people lead sad, bitter pathetic lives.

Yes, just like the ones who complain about people complaining.

By gods, you're right. The fifteen seconds it took me to type a random comment on a message board is totally comperable to some lady sitting on the phone for half an hour to voice a complaint about a particularly incindiery combination of consonents and a vowel.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I like the one about Arthur Chi'en. Linky

Fuckin' Opie & Anthony bastards got him fired.