Awesome News

With gas prices on the rise around the world, it’s been a popular topic for news outlets to cover. But without much to actually say, they’ve turned to a very formulaic approach to reporting the story. Johnbcrist perfectly nailed how most local news stations are covering the subject.

Inspired by Andre Antunes, musician Brandon Ethridge likes to add melodies to voices expressed in current events. In this short clip, he turns televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s impassioned sermon about a COVID-19 vaccine into an epic mini-musical. If this doesn’t get people stoked for vaccination, we don’t know what will.

“How can we prevent ourselves from getting lost in the funhouse?” Filmmaker and speaker Kirby Ferguson looks at how the barrage of social media and other information sources can affect our perception of what is real, and how you can use your instincts and critical thinking to reduce your chances of being manipulated.

(PG-13: Language) While Last Week Tonight tries to be accurate and truthful with their stories, John Oliver and his research crew are only human, and from time to time, they make mistakes. So with that in mind, John is here to apologize for some of his erroneous reporting.

While in the middle of a very serious interview on BBC World News, a commentator’s kids busted into into the room, turning a normally cold and dull newscast into something much more entertaining. The part where his wife tries to retrieve them is priceless. Mirror here.

One of BBC’s most infamous blunders happened in 2006. One of its news shows was supposed to interview a tech expert named Guy Kewney about a lawsuit involving Apple and the Beatles. Instead, they went live with Guy Goma, who was there for a job interview.

“A look of elderly blood lust spread across her wrinkled face!” While this would have been even more amusing if the guy wasn’t edited into this news footage, we still got a good laugh out his description of the carnage that occurred when a woman drove her car into an Arby’s.

(PG-13: Language) NewsBeFunny compiles the numerous Freudian slips, inappropriate jokes and other funny moments from this year’s live TV news. Who on earth thought that axe-throwing contest was a good idea?

YouTuber Ceri Dyke shares this awkward moment at the end of a BBC Sportsday broadcast. The anchor didn’t seem to know what to do as his show ended. The cameraman, bless his heart, gifts us the ensuing moment of insanity.

Meteorologist Cory McCloskey of FOX 10 Phoenix does a brilliant job keeping his composure and rolling with the punches when his weather forecast map glitches out and indicates the worst heat wave this side of Mercury.

(NSFW: Language) NewsBeFunny presents the best of the worst that news networks had to offer this year. There’s a ton of cringe-inducing stuff in here: slips of the tongue, slips on the ice, stupid news and stupid anchors.

Back in 2002, a Swedish newscast was interviewing an emergency response worker about a dangerous curve in a road, when a car proves their point on live TV. At least they were there to help out the instant it happened.

BBC show Russell Howard’s Good News compares how US and UK news outlets covered the Ebola outbreak. To be fair, this is a humorous take on things. And so is the YouTube channel from which the hilarious rant was taken.

(NSFW: Language) NewsBeFunny gathered up some of the silliest, most inappropriate and uncomfortable things that happened on the news this past month. We still think that guy who threw the rave is Shaggy from Scooby Doo.

In this YouTube classic, a BBC anchorman seamlessly went from introducing himself to delivering the top story for the day, turning himself into a pitiful mashup of Ron Burgundy and Brick Tamland. Commas change everything.

(NSFW: Language) May 2014 was a banner month for television journalism, as is evidenced by NewsBeFunny’s compilation of crazy moments during news broadcasts. Do these guys all have their minds in the gutter, or is it just us?

Gainesville, Florida news channel WCJB 20 wanted to report on the Florida Gators’ win over the Dayton Flyers during NCAA March Madness, but they didn’t have the rights to on court footage. So they reenacted the highlights.

(NSFW: Language) NewsBeFunny returns with another reel of on-air slip-ups, silly business and mishaps that happened on the news in the last month or so. Halle Berry has really let herself go. And the Chicago Cubs mascot too.

The ordinarily sober BBC News gave viewers a laugh when news anchor Simon McCoy started his show holding a pack of bond paper, having mistaken it for his iPad. Makes you wonder why he needs an iPad in the first place.

Chef Eduardo Garcia lost his left hand and lower arm after an accident back in 2011. He recently had his left hand replaced with a high-tech bionic prosthesis which allows him to work in his kitchen once again. Original clip via KPTV.

Sky Sports news reporter Nick Collins has a pretty simple job – stand in front of a camera and speak. Well, he’s got at least one of those skills nailed. We’re just impressed that the anchorman kept a straight face.

We think we’ve found the inspiration behind Bill Hader’s SNL character Herb Welch. The bespectacled reporter was interviewing two people regarding a small dispute. At around 0:50, another dispute erupts.

(NSFW: Language) It’s always amusing to us when we see someone flub some line or do something they shouldn’t be doing on live television. This compilation of international live news fails does the trick. (Thanks Dylan!)