There's a very important lesson you learn on your first day of broadcasting school: cameras and microphones are always on. Even if you think they're not. Like guns, treat them as if they're loaded. If you're going to flip the bird to your co-workers, don't do it in the studio.
However, if the cameras capture you flipping off the anchorman, do your best to convert the gesture into a spasmodic hand-flutter that makes it look as if your finger has gone to war with your nose.
This is rocketing around email inbaskets this morning, so let's pass it along so you can tell everyone yes, I saw it, big whoop. WARNING! CONTAINS FLEETING RUDE GESTURE. We are not responsible for trauma incurred. Click at your own risk.
Note also the news reader's recovery: that's a pro.
