FOX weather reporter covered in plankton, er, RAW SEWAGE!

[FarLeftFist]

Tucker Barnes of the Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C. made what is destined to be one of the most famous live shots in history Saturday standing in Ocean, Md. as Hurricane Irene covered him what he thought was "plankton or something."

It wasn't. It was raw sewage.

"I don't know what it is, it has a sort of sandy consistency," Barnes told Fox's New York viewers, covered head to tow in what looked like frothy pancake batter.

"It doesn't taste great," he said.

Back in his warm and dry station, the MyFoxNY anchor mused, "We've never seen anything like it."

Barnes, struggling to hold onto a boardwalk bench, said he hadn't either.

"Our chief meterologist back at the station said that it's some sort of organic matter. I guess it's plankton or something mixed in with sand and salt," he said.

"I can tell you first hand that it doesn't smell great. It feels kind of soapy."


More at link, including VIDEO: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/08/28/2011-08-28_fox_weather_reporter_tucker_barnes_gets_covered_in_sewage_reporting_on_hurricane.html

[MineralMan]

1. Never mind. It's just Santorum.

:rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

2. Whale Santorum

[progressoid]

24. Killer!

Killer frothy!

[saras]

25. +(10^100)^(10^100) for santorum (p.s. the mass noun is not capitalized)

[DearAbby]

26. Snarf

:spray::rofl:

[libodem]

3. Shit Storm

Santorum sludge. Ewwwww.

[virgogal]

4. Pretty funny,and he will be reminded of this for the rest of his life.

[TomClash]

5. "It doesn't taste great," he said.

But was it less filling?

[left on green only]

6. Fox once again proving

that fecal scum seeks it's own level. Tuck and roll in it and when he comes down with Hep Type II, perhaps he will be forced to go on disability. And which side of his mouth will he be talking out of then?

[BootinUp]

7. I can't believe he stayed there and did a live report

while the shit was flying. Hilarious.

[highprincipleswork]

8. How do we know it is sewage?

This is one of the funniest things ever.

Been thinking the last days about how reporters seem to thrive, till it's kind of a joke, on putting themselves in the "shit", in order to do their reporting. As if they're bucking for promotion or something.

But this takes "the cake".

Still, how do we/you know that this is raw sewage. Cuz I'd only like to pass this on to about a million people.

[lame54]

11. because it's on Fox News - Boom

[Supply Side Jesus]

22. he knocks it out of the park!

:rofl:

[IndyPragmatist]

29. Local networks have nothing to do with Fox News

All they do is buy a TV show package and the rights to be a Fox affiliate. The Fox station in Indianapolis is the most liberal of the networks here, but yet people lump them with Fox News because of the name. The ownership is different.

This is like BP. The gas stations (99% of them) have nothing to do with BP other than they buy the rights to use their name. Some BP stations don't even use BP gasoline. People boycotted them, just like some boycott local Fox stations, and end up only hurting the local businessman instead of the corporation that is the source of their anger.

[lame54]

30. I know...

but I couldn't resist

Our local Atlanta Fox channel is pretty good

[WinkyDink]

9. That man will get very ill very soon.

[Curmudgeoness]

10. OMG, it doesn't taste great! Thanks for the best laugh I have had

in a long time.

:rofl:

[demosincebirth]

12. Sort of looks like split pea soup

[Po_d Mainiac]

13. u mean spit pee soup dontcha?

[MzShellG]

15. Sewage............?

Seems more like spit, pee, & poop.

[Amonester]

14. beurk =D

(another keeper for later uses when needs arise)!

[titaniumsalute]

16. Ugg...just getting ready to eat dinner

All I can hear is "It doesn't taste good" and thinking about that sandy grit consistency.

[DeltaLitProf]

17. This poor guy . . .

. . . is going to need several shots, tb tests, and hep tests after doing this segment. How in the world could have thought that was anything but raw sewage?

[bulloney]

18. Tastes like chicken!

Those Faux Snooze reporters. They always come back to where they came from.

[firehorse]

19. I watched this, and he kept calling it "seafoam" and I kept thinking what an idiot, its sewage.

And it was this exact storm porn reporting, that finally prompted me to turn off the TV.

[Broderick]

20. Irony every way you look at it.....

[firehorse]

21. hope this bumps to greatest - perfect example of FAUX news reporting

[jberryhill]

23. I hope he doesn't get sick

There's probably no end to the number of pathogens to which he was exposed.

[Shagbark Hickory]

27. Of course it's sewage! What else would it be in the ocean? Clean water?

We shit all over this planet of ours.

[Renew Deal]

28. It's not all organic

:evilgrin:

I can't wait for Jon Stewart to get this video... lol