Fired Finnish Anchor is Popular on the Internet

But why?

October 15, 2010 at 3:56PM

This week's oddly popular video: k: the on-camera move that got a Finnish English-language newscaster fired. Your reaction may vary: he got fired for that? Seriously? Or you may wonder if he combs his hair with a salad tong. Or something like that. The story behind the video is here.

He'll probably have another job by the end of the week; internet infamy taketh, but it giveth, too.

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