New York TV anchor and reporter on scene shockingly let their personal animosity spill onto live television

It's safe to say theses two TV journalists probably didn't carpool home at the end of the day.

There isn’t much to this story, except for the fact it’s extremely rare and very entertaining.

We have all worked in jobs with people we dislike, and sometimes dislike passionately. Hopefully it doesn’t happen often, but when it does it can be a massive distraction for an entire team.

The key, in those situations, is to remain as professional and cordial as possible, especially when you are on live television! But one TV news anchor in New York let his frustration get the best of him, criticizing his own station’s reporter during a live hit from an apartment building where residents were complaining about building management.

The live, on-air interaction was shared on Twitter by Kalen Allen, who works in the TV business in LA. You can tell, right from the moment the reporter throws back to the anchor, that something was up. Things went downhill from there, fast.

At one point, the reporter makes reference to previously being the anchor’s boss, which is probably awkward. It goes without saying, though, that those feelings should never affect work.

I suspect they won’t be sitting at the same table for the next company dinner.

Let me know what you think in the comments!

https://twitter.com/TheKalenAllen/status/1235671828388929536?s=20

Cam Macmurchy

Hi! My name is Cam MacMurchy. I was born and raised in Canada and worked as a radio journalist before moving to Beijing, China in 2004. After short stints living in Guangzhou and Shanghai, China, I moved to Hong Kong on Halloween (October 31) in 2008, which is where I’ve been ever since. 

Today I work in Hong Kong in communications with a Hong Kong-listed technology company, but previously hosted a podcast and was an occasional contributor to 9to5Mac, the popular Apple website. 

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