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The Craziest Things News Anchors Have Said And Done On Air

#46. Ringing In The New Year

Do you remember your most embarrassing New Year’s Eve ever? CNN’s Don Lemon has you beat. On New Year’s Eve, CNN sent Don Lemon and Brooke Baldwin to New Orleans to ring in 2017, and Lemon took the trip as an opportunity to down shots of tequila, with Brooke Baldwin telling her co-anchor “The tequila is, like, emitting from your pores!”

#47. A Case Of The Giggles

We’ve all heard of people who inappropriately laugh at funerals, but how about news anchors who laugh as they announce deaths? That’s exactly what happened to Australian news anchor Natasha Exelby, whose co-anchor just wrapped up a segment about a handsome Irish adventurer. Exelby and her co-anchor exchanged some flirty banter and laughed, before she launched into some terrible news.

#48. Unable To Find The Words

#49. A Seizure On Screen

WICS Madison CBS news anchor Sarah Carlson also experienced a serious medical problem in the middle of a broadcast. Carlson was a rising star as a news anchor and reporter, but her career was suddenly sidetracked due to epilepsy and a brain tumor.

#50. Groaning About Grapes

In January 2006, a segment that aired on WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia went viral. The footage shows a news reporter Melissa Sander and another woman competing in a grape stomping contest, but when the reporter makes a playful attempt at cheating, she loses her balance and falls face first off of a platform and onto the ground.

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