Top 10 Newscaster Bloopers

On Sept. 16, Fox broadcaster Ernie Anastos joked around with weatherman Nick Gregory on live television and accidentally told him to go f___ a chicken. In honor of Anastos' verbal mishap, TIME takes a look at previous newscaster slipups and meltdowns

A Curb Job or a ... What?

Warning: contains explicit language

Shepard Smith's odd, R-rated gaffe about Jennifer Lopez took lots of people by surprise — including himself, apparently. The Fox anchor immediately pledged that the slip "won't happen again" — and it didn't. He's moved on to other dirty words (warning: explicit, once again).

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