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Some fun news blunders

After A.J. Clemente's on-air gaffe , there's a lot of opinion floating around about whether or not he should have been fired. When I was getting my degree in Mass Communication, I was taught that there are a couple of cardinal sins in journalism. One is saying that someone is dead when they really aren't.  That's a surefire way to lose your job, especially if the person you accidentally kill is Reverend Billy Graham . The other major no-no is swearing while you're on the air. For that reason, when I was a reporter, I didn't swear inside the TV station at all. Despite Clemente's firing, he's been getting his 15 minutes of fame, so it may work out for the best. Clemente wasn't the first TV personality to swear during a live broadcast and I'm sure he won't be the last. Whether it's magazines, newspapers or TV news broadcasts, mistakes happen. Some are more minor than others though. Mistakes, big and small, are bound to happen...