For some inexplicable reason, news programs are locked in a quest to maim, incapacitate, or just flat out kill their reporters. Why? Is it office politics? Professional jealousy? Is it a twisted motivational tool? I have no idea. I just know that reporters should not be forced to wander around in blizzards.
Look, news shows: we get it. I already know what snow looks like. You don't have to illustrate your report on slippery roads by forcing your poor junior reporters to wander around on black ice. It's unnecessary.
But it is funny. After the break, check out a hilarious video compilation of reporters getting completely pwned by snow, ice, sleds, and everything else winter has to throw at them.
And now, a breakdown of all the individual clips:
Okay, let's get the obvious out of the way first: don't walk on ice. Please. Reporters, the absurdity of you reporting on the slipperiness of roads/sidewalks and then falling flat on your ass and futilely flopping around on the ground, breaking your wrist and generally looking like a beached dolphin, is just too much for me to bear. I mean, honestly, it just keeps on happening and you should have learned better by now. Are you functioning adults with short and long term memory? If yes, then you should be able to prevent this from happening in the future.
Look, even the cameramen are doing it.
Are you serious with this, cameraman? Also, guys, stop going out in blizzards. Did you too have dreams once? I hope so. I hope they were not this:
Or this:
Finally -- and, I can't believe I have to say this -- while reporting on a sled race, do NOT stand in front of the sleds.
Facepalm-headdesk.
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2.25.10
By Matthew
The tube going 90 mph still amazes me. It's almost so perfect that it seems staged. It's great though.
You ARE missing a great one from failblog, in which a reporter gets nailed by about 40 snowballs when he points out some happy kids in the snow. They just wreck his face.
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2.27.10
By cookie
OMG -- those are too cool ROTFL -- LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfPdBCcssXM#
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2.27.10
By McDawn
Not just this crazy freezing blizzard kind of weather, but those hurricanes of 2 summers ago were dangerous too. If it weren't so serious, it'd be funny. These reporters risk it all out there in this insanely destructive weather.
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2.27.10
By the thinker
Since aol won't let us comment on world events I will do it here. Am I the only one that understands what is going on with all of the disasters in the world today? Until we get the Anti-Christ out of office there will be so much more that the world will have to endure. Think about it, God is not happy with what is going on and he is trying to worn us all that we have made a grave mistake putting him into power. I say power because he has made it clear to the USA that we are not a christen nation. God sees all and he is not happy what so ever. This will continue. And we just may see what they have been saying about the 2012 end. Hopefully we will wake up & change things before it is to late
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2.28.10
By AndyDoD
Wow. Just, wow.
Even if god existed, do you really think he'd give a crap about US politics? (Pssst... there's more to the world than the US.)
2.27.10
By McDawn
I agree, this is all foretold about in God's word the Bible. And it frustrates me to no end that aol has decided to "improve" the comment sections and keep them closed down so no one can say something offensive about certain individuals. I'm paying my aol bill every month, and have been for over 15 years. I want to have my say on some of the storys they post.
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2.28.10
By AndyDoD
There's your problem. AOL is your ISP.
2.28.10
By ead17
It was icy cold, and we'd been to see the Dublin Pedestrians, a great band! Anyway, after the show I was mad pissed, and slipped on the icy sidewalk, feet went out from beneath me, and just bashed me f&*&^%$ nog on the concrete like a right tit. Even worse, it was taped for a TV news spot, oh Christ!
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