Yeah, I’m not too good about updating this. Sue me.
Anyhow, here’s a little tidbit a friend threw out to me. In my previous life as a TV news scrub, we used to do a lot of network live shots with now-Fox News Network anchor Shepard Smith, and it’s my opinion that he’s one of the best in the biz; he ALWAYS gave us proper time cues and microphone checks, and would reconfirm the live shot information endlessly, and as a result the satellite cut-in almost always went without a hitch. (Anyone who has spent more than a few minutes in a news control room during a live show knows that’s a rare moment, indeed.)
So, with that preamble noted, I present ol’ Shep, firing off the Greatest News Blooper I Have Ever Seen: