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Furor Over TV Anchor's Accidental Curse

For all the worry about the declining influence of TV newscasts, the reaction to accidental on-air f-bomb dropped by New York TV news anchor Sue Simmons this week would suggest otherwise.

Seemingly within seconds, a video of the embarrassing moment hit online social networks and blogs, and Web news services picked up on the momentum. The widespread reach of the slip-up and Simmons' subsequent apology is a backdrop for examining the role of profanity in today's culture.

In the end, it shows that news broadcasters still matter. "Local anchors become a piece of the community. They are the way in which you get the information," says former news exec Richard Wald. "I think that live television is lucky there aren't more minor errors like that."

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