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The internet is filled with bloopers and funny videos of news anchors making glaring errors on live TV. Such videos surface on social media on a regular basis and garner huge numbers in a just few hours.

A Samaa TV news anchor is the latest addition to the internet’s epic fail or blooper library. He was caught on camera flashing his middle fingers during a news bulletin on the ongoing Asia Cup.

The video of the Pakistani anchor, shared by journalist Syaz Raza Mehdi, has now gone viral.

Take a look:

When panel producer is in so much hurry to switch!!! RIP Journalism pic.twitter.com/6NeYRwxNvB — Syed Raza Mehdi (@SyedRezaMehdi) September 22, 2018

Mehdi shared the video on Twitter and wrote, “When panel producer is in so much hurry to switch!!! RIP Journalism.”

As per reports, the bulletin was coming out of a break and the male anchor was caught off-guard when the camera started rolling. He was seen laughing and flashing both his middle fingers to someone behind the camera when the bulletin had begun. His co-anchor, having realised the camera has started rolling, tries to put on a serious face but breaks out in laughter a few moments later.

Although it was not clear why the anchor made such an obscene gesture on national television, many speculated on social media that he was trying to mimic the viral picture of a boy flipping the bird during the Afghanistan-Pakistan match.

Here are some reactions:

Hahahaahhahahaha legends — Juni (@dabbooking) September 22, 2018

I specially love how the girl immediately makes a switch to sati savitri mode — Juni (@dabbooking) September 22, 2018

Ridiculous — Hassan Moavia (@HassanM94215261) September 22, 2018

Hahahha — Akbar Ali (@EngrAkbar29) September 22, 2018

While most users saw the lighter side of the video, some wrote that the anchor’s gesture was deliberate and he should be fired for flipping the bird on national television.