By Brent Baker | October 26, 2014 | 12:16 AM EDT
KTLA-TV entertainment reporter Sam Rubin noted during a Friday morning newscast on the Los Angeles station: “My wife calls and says, ‘Since when did you become the fat guy on that show?’” To which off-camera traffic reporter Ginger Chan blurted out a response, not realizing her microphone was live.
FNC’s Bret Baier played the video, which the CW affiliate helpfully posted on its Facebook page, as his kicker at the end of Friday’s Special Report.
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Brent Baker
Brent Baker is the Steven P.J. Wood Senior Fellow and VP for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center