Even in the middle of summer, a time for carefree picnics and beach parties, the restless, insatiable 24-hour news cycle continues. The beast is always hungry, so there are always news anchors, weather forecasters, sportscasters, and field reporters on hand to feed it. These brave men and women fill up hours and hours of television time each month with informational programming, most of it live. Naturally, things go wrong now and then. Cues are missed. Lines are flubbed. Microphones are mishandled. News people are only human, and there’s no telling what fate has in store for them at any given moment.
Since March 2012, the YouTube channel News Be Funny has been establishing itself as one of the best, most complete sources for news bloopers, both national and local, domestic and foreign. The channel’s monthly supercuts have become one of the internet’s most consistent delights, and the July 2016 video is no exception. From a passerby in an ill-fitting Pikachu costume to a disastrous twerking demonstration, news shows provided some of the best entertainment last month had to offer.