The news blooper is one of the most cherished moments in TV for the viewer at home. It takes one of life's most boring activities-- watching the news-- and injects a bit of humor into what would otherwise have been half an hour of boredom. The reporters and anchors don't appear to enjoy delivering the news anymore than viewers at home enjoy receiving it. So when one of them screws up, it can be just as entertaining for them as it is for the home audience. A news blooper can be as simple as a reporter having a simple slip of the tongue, to a director taking an inappropriate camera shot, or an anchor reacting inappropriately to a situation in the newsroom. Prior to the invention of the DVR and websites like Break.com, you had to be lucky enough to witness a news blooper live in order to see it. Now they're available at the click of a mouse.

The DVR made revolutionized news bloopers by allowing users to rewind those "did they just say that?" moments and records them. Break.com, Youtube, and other video sites allowed users to upload those moments and share them with the world. Now, it's nothing to go back and take a look at the reporter getting a bug caught in his mouth again. Once upon a time, you would've had to have been lucky enough to have been friends with the cameraman who recorded the blooper and kept it hidden in his stash. Similarly, if you want to see Serene Branson have heavy bertations, you can watch her spew gibberish over and over again to your heart's content.

One of the largest sources of news bloopers seems to be Fox News. Whether it's Fox News's cable network or its local affiliates, their reporters just seem to be especially prone to losing it on the air. Thus if you are anxiously awaiting that next great blooper, set your TV to Fox, hit record on the DVR and just wait. Somewhere between a conservative rant and the weather, a news blooper is bound to happen.