First, Anderson Cooper gets a surprise on his birthday.

Next, a one-man-band reporter in Missouri is at the wrong place at the wrong time. (Side note: is it wrong to hope something like this happens to me one day?)

And, finally, Fox News anchors don’t really know what they’re supposed to report.

Exhibit A: Las Vegas Action News reporter who went to school. Exhibit B: Drunken man on the street. The horror in the anchors’ eyes completes the presesntation.

More specifically, Fox 8′s Bill Martin doesn’t take criticism lightly.

Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal Constitution wrote about the city he was visiting in unflattering terms. On the local Fox newscast, Martin interviewed Bradley (hence the broadcast vs. print).

As a journalism student, I could tell you some tension between certain print majors and certain broadcast majors. I hope there is a way to avoid such situations as that which occurred below. It’s a somewhat awkward three minutes in which the softspoken print guy stands by his statement and the broadcast guy immaturely “interviews” the “other side.”

I just feel bad for the co-anchor.

Late Nite successor Jimmy Fallon stopped by Fox29 a few weeks ago. And in this entertaining clip, Jimmy surprises anchor Kerri-Lee Halkett. This is some A+ banter, if you ask me.

I never knew how short John Bolaris is. According to imdb.com, Jimmy Fallon is 5’11″. Here, Bolaris looks like he’s 5’2″.

Also, in related news, Susan Barnett has inherited Alycia Lane’s old office in the CBS3 newsroom. However, sources say she likes her old spot better — out in the open newsroom. That’s my kind of anchor.

And, Larry Mendte’s Web site – larrymendte.com – has been taken down. I kind of miss it.

I feel bad for this woman.  She seems like such a composed, conservative lady. 

You can tell this guy’s heart sank as soon as he said it…

Here’s the latest involving a Fox News anchor.  We’ll see Shepard Smith at the end, who had his own issues on air.