North Dakota News: Rookie news anchor sacked after first words on air are "f****** s***"

[Coyotl]

Is this the worst first day in history? Rookie news anchor A.J. Clemente sacked after first words on air are 'f****** s***'

VIDEO here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/is-this-the-worst-first-day-in-history-rookie-news-anchor-aj-clemente-sacked-after-first-words-on-air-are-f-s-8582622.html

Very professional KFYR!

In the Worst Case Scenario section entitled 'first day in my new broadcasting job' the name A.J. Clemente will forever be present.

Mr Clemente, a rookie KFYR news anchor, opened his first - and indeed last - broadcast for his new station by saying 'f****** s***' into a live microphone, leaving his co-anchor, and no doubt his producers, dumbfounded by his sweary outburst.

Video footage of the incident, which has now gone viral, shows Mr Clemente's colleague Van Tieu, who was clearly thrown by his colourful language, stumble mid-introduction.

Clemente then thanks Tieu for the introduction and begins talking about his history, saying he is a graduate of West Virginia University and: 'I’m used to, you know, from being from the East Coast.' .....

[shenmue]

1. Hey, I say that almost every morning, too.

What's the big problem?

[TDale313]

2. Yeah, shortest broadcast career ever.

wow.

[Xipe Totec]

3. Perhaps career reassesment is in order. nt

[idwiyo]

4. :) poor guy.

[barbtries]

5. was it an accident? did he know he was on the air?

or had he been waiting all his life just for the chance to do this?

[KansDem]

6. C'mon, A.J. Say what you really mean!

[barbtries]

7. i recommend watching the clip

at least the first 10 seconds. priceless television.

[NoPasaran]

8. Did he learn nothing at the Columbia School of Broadcasting*?

*Not affiliated with the Columbia Broadcasting System.

[MindPilot]

18. It was the Bill O'Reilly School of Broadcasting n/t

[Heywood J]

46. Fuck it, we'll do it live! (NT)

[Buns_of_Fire]

20. Maybe he missed the day they taught that local news is broadcast live... nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Good ad lib, A.J.

We'll work on the polish later.

[duffyduff]

10. KFYR: LOL!!

'K Fucker You Are.

[Isoldeblue]

11. That could happen to anyone,

being so nervous on their first day of work. I feel really bad for the guy!

[steve2470]

21. I do too

I think the firing was really harsh. That could have happened to anyone, especially first day of work.

[WinkyDink]

30. Right. Now try to sell that one to every new schoolteacher.

[Pale Blue Dot]

40. +1000. Thank you. nt

[WinkyDink]

29. I guarantee you it could NOT happen to me.

[Isoldeblue]

35. well, goody-goody for you.....

[lame54]

12. That was Cronkite's original sign off

[TDale313]

14. Edward R Murrow's originally was...

Good Night and Go F yourself I think.

[cloudbase]

13. Well, he's a fuckin' Mountaineer.

What the fuck do you expect?

[MindPilot]

15. I think he meant to say...

"FUCK IT! WE'LL DO IT LIVE! DO IT LIVE! FUCKING SHIT SUCKS!"

[TDale313]

16. lol!!

[Cal Carpenter]

17. LOLthreadk&r

I needed that. And all the comments too.

[Renew Deal]

19. You need some time on the job before you can do things like that

For example:

[valerief]

23. Holy crap! What the hell did that mean? Did he get fired? nt

[valerief]

22. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, is he?

[Coyotl]

42. If he had recouped and taken the mishap in style, he might still be working

But he got caught in his own trap

[defacto7]

24. His verbal mishap was

only to be exceeded by him picking his nose and throwing it at his colleague.

I really think his chose the wrong profession.

[shawn703]

25. If he plays his cards right this could work in his favor

I could see him being a "correspondent" on one of the Comedy Central shows, and every time they go to him for a report he starts off with "bleeping bleep".

[Dr. Strange]

26. In his defense, the lead story had to do with...

NARWHALS! FUCK YEAH!!!

[hifiguy]

27. The Charles Rocket of news.

[WinkyDink]

28. Bwahahaha! These young'uns think "anything goes." Uh....no.

[Duer 157099]

31. This is DU. Can we drop the asterisks?

Jesus, I don't want to have to figure out what he said or go to a link, what did he say?

Unless they are words that we aren't allowed to post here, then I understand

[ProdigalJunkMail]

32. well, since it's fucking copied and pasted from the fucking story headline

maybe you should give the poster a little fucking leeway in offending your fucking sensibilities by not actually typing the fucking word fucking...

sP

[Duer 157099]

34. thing is, when I see an f followed by asterisks, it usually denotes a word

that we would not want to type out, even on DU.

But fuck? Seriously, FUCK? We say that here every other fucking word! And what the hell is the s word? Shit?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

36. fuckin' aye!

I try to weave it like a tapestry... soooo rewarding.

sP

[Coyotl]

43. I added one letter to each word for the IQ challenged

You know, for the wannabe broadcasters

[Isoldeblue]

37. Not everyone is comfortable

with those words, either saying them out loud or spelling them out.
So maybe try some acceptance of others? It shouldn't be any skin off your f'in nose.......

[Duer 157099]

38. Uh, then don't post an OP about it?

All I'm saying is that if I were posting the story about this, I would spell out what the offending words were. That's it.

[Coyotl]

44. There is good reason not to place "those words" on DU

Lots of people are using search engine filters, so you harm DU's rank and, more directly, page traffic from search engines. Traffic is money in the pay-per-click world.

[Isoldeblue]

48. Fine, that's your prerogative to....

But it isn't your right to tell others, what their rights are in what words they choose to use in an OP. Unless, you're the OP 4-letter word police.

Let people do their thing.

[SidDithers]

33. He should've gone with "Boom goes the dynamite"...

Sid

[steve2470]

39. oh that was painful to watch, poor guy nt

[Iggo]

41. Legend.

[blackspade]

45. oops.

That was a career killer.

[Rockholm]

47. Actually, it was Gay Fucking Shit.

Wonder what he was reading when he displayed his stupidity?