One of the best things about live news is that you never know what’s going to happen – what Freudian slips, accidents, confrontations or bizarre turns of events could be caught on tape and make it to the top of the YouTube charts. Today, a BBC clip of weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker giving the finger is going viral on YouTube and it inspired us to put together a list of some of our favorite news bloopers. Check them out after the jump!
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There is nothing quite as contagious as the joy seen on the face and heard in the voice of the man who “just won a sh*tload of money” in the BBC clip that has been circulating the Internet this morning. The video, which was posted yesterday by failblog, already has over 238,000 views and is sure to get even more by the day’s end. What makes this clip especially funny is that it is not something you would expect to hear on a news channel as professional and prestigious as the BBC. It follows in a long line of news bloopers that have gone viral on the web.
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