Alvin Kaunda was reporting on how animals at an orphanage in Kenya are being looked after during a drought when an inquisitive elephant entered the fray.
While holding a press conference regarding uncovering corruption within the Department of Transport and road traffic entities, advocate Andy Mothibi had a bit of a stinker.
‘Today Show’ host Ally Langdon had a little slip of the tongue, sending co-host Karl Stefanovic, and then the whole internet, into absolute hysterics.
Laura Ingraham and her guest were attacking ‘woke TV’, as one does to drive ratings and rile the masses, when the conversation took a comical turn.
Dubbed “a kind of weird little British cousin of Fox News”, GB News launched on Sunday, and it hasn’t been without a few hiccups.
A Namibian sports anchor went viral after she confronted her colleague on-air, without knowing the broadcast was going out live.
Sit back and enjoy a full half-hour of on-air gaffes, terrible puns, Zoom fails, pets behaving badly, and a contender for worst pun of the year.
So it’s Halloween, and you run a new channel, and you want to nail some kind of crossover. This definitely is not ‘mission accomplished’.
For a number of news anchors, and the people they are interviewing, having children in the house can prove less than ideal.
You showered, you put on relatively clean tracksuit pants, and you managed to get some work done. Well done, you’ve earned a little break.
Everyone loves a good news blooper, and some of the best come from Down Under.
Live reporting is fraught with all kinds of danger, but it’s been a while since we have seen someone take a tumble into a pool.
Sometimes you just need to sit back and enjoy the misfortune of others, right? There was plenty in March to make this highlights blooper shine.
Black cats and bad luck and people at work trying to make you ‘skrik’ with some elaborate prank – welcome to Friday the 13th. Hang in there and enjoy these fails.
When you’re in the midst of an interview on live telly you’re not going to welcome the public’s intrusion, especially when it ends with a slap.
It may be the BBC interview that immediately springs to mind, but March was another month packed to the brim with on-air gaffes.
2015 was another year filled to the rafters with on-air gaffes that will make these anchors cringe. Luckily we can just sit back and enjoy.
If you’re looking for some laughs to get you through the rest of Monday, prepare for a new compilation of the latest and greatest news fails on the internet, featuring falls, awkward moments and technical difficulties.