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Don’t let the relatively small regional audiences and occasionally mundane stories get you fooled, local news is a high-pressure media arena, and in many ways the lack of major funding forces reporters to go beyond their normal comfort zones more often. Two recent listicles explored the various failures of these overworked and underpaid professionals, mental_floss [...]

Though we recently regaled you with some of the most memorable newscaster bloopers, it seems unfair to single out media professionals’ pitfalls without highlighting some of the stresses they endure as well. For instance, Epic Carnival’s listicle of the 20 Strangest Moments in Newscasting History features some awesomely unlikely accidents, like uncontrollable reptiles.

Obviously, New York news anchor Ernie Anasto’s recent comment to his co-worker and weatherman colleague Nick Gregory has been making the rounds, but it’s hardly the most extreme accidental comment by a television personality, nor is it especially spectacular alongside some of the ridiculous slip-ups featured in TIME’s listicle of the Top 10 Newscaster Bloopers. [...]