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Such is the case for one local TV station in Mobile, Alabama that had the great idea of putting up live news tweets on their electronic roadside billboard, which featured three of the channel's anchors. Good idea, except when the headline involved three people accused of gang rape, which ran directly opposite the trio of statically smiling broadcasters. The implication, of course, being... well, obvious.
The station probably feels embarrassed about the blunder, but then again, there's no such thing as bad publicity. If they really wanna turn this lemon into lemonade, they could even make it into a regularly recurring joke, and take advantage of the potential for humor that running text alongside an awkward family photo offers. [From: PalmettoScoop via: BuzzFeed]
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsKenziNov 30th 2009 12:41PM
Completely hilarious
EricaDec 2nd 2009 9:23AM
Is there anything funnier than when something embarrasses news anchors? It's the highest form of foot-in-your-mouth comedy!
take4443Dec 1st 2009 3:49PM
accident my butt
Laura LynnDec 2nd 2009 6:31AM
Now that's funny! =D
Hephaestus3515JDDec 2nd 2009 6:35AM
Eye love my name emblazoned with L.E.D. lights,on EVERY billboard,not only the one in question!
Giaw66666aol.comDec 2nd 2009 7:05AM
hahahahaha..thanks for the laugh..that's hysterica!!
divaadk69Dec 2nd 2009 8:11AM
I don't think this was funny at all. They are laughing at the headline and some poor woman was raped. Not funny at all.
CalicoDec 2nd 2009 8:16AM
...and that is exactly why these people work in Mobile, Alabama!
marlacqDec 2nd 2009 8:52AM
hillarious !!
steveDec 2nd 2009 9:07AM
As Homer Simpson would say - D'oh!
tmktwoDec 2nd 2009 9:46AM
how do we know the reporters didnt rape anyone?
sentrymedDec 2nd 2009 9:34AM
When Clayton Williams was running for governor in Texas, he made light of rape. His joke cost him the election. Turning this billboard into something humorous will bite that station in the ass. Better to eliminate the offensive material and depend on our fickle public to forget it.
hgrimes2148Dec 2nd 2009 9:39AM
I have a friend that works at the station and it was a honest mistake and to Calico......this mistake can happen anywhere not just in Mobile, AL.
BeverlyDec 2nd 2009 11:05AM
That's something to give your email buddies a laugh.
VanisgreatDec 2nd 2009 9:49AM
Awesome!! Good to make the world laugh, better to be able to laugh at yourself!!
LeeDec 2nd 2009 9:52AM
Is it good advertising or bad? Either way people are talking about it...
ted9255Dec 2nd 2009 10:45AM
Doesn't surprise me! About the level of accuracy and checking I expect from the news organizations in the US these days!
RolandDec 2nd 2009 11:29AM
im busting at the sides on that ..its ssssooooo fun
itspatDec 2nd 2009 12:15PM
This is the same place that brought us the Crichton Leprechaun! Thanks Mobile you have succeeded in embarrassing yourselves again! It's getting so I don't even want to tell people I lived there for 25 years.
Don JohnsonDec 2nd 2009 12:45PM
Who even gives a damn?