Anchors Gracefully Handle a Correspondent's F-Bomb

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What should live correspondents do when they can't get their earpiece to work? Curse. F-bombs are particularly effective.

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That's what ClickOnDetroit's Lauren Podell did during a newscast this morning about a fire investigation. The show's anchorsโ€”who handled it all quite impressivelyโ€”threw it to Powell, and instead of getting an update, they got, "I can't get this fโ€”king in there," she said as the cameras rolled.

Eek. Podell was so upset, she forgot the intended subject for her curse word.

I love live TV. The anchors are deadpan, but how I desperately wish we could see their post f-bomb reaction.

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