Ohmigod we love WNBC’s Sue Simmons. She’s everything we want in a local news anchor: Personable, but not too friendly. Wise, but not condescending. Tastefully dressed, but not too frumpy.
And she drops the F-bomb on air. During one of those annoying promo spots that TV stations insist on airing before returning from, or entering into, a commercial break, Simmons ends the spot by asking, “What the fuck are you doing?” Yes, she’s already apologized for it, and she probably won’t lose her job over it, because thankfully her on-air misstep did not include a racial, sexist, or homophobic slur.
But Simmons does join Bill O’Reilly in the “angry behind the scenes” type of way. Because while watching TV talent like Simmons might make you feel like you’re a more informed citizen, this outburst shows what makes up at least part of her character: The raging, short-tempered woman who’s furious she’s still doing local news. We’re guessing.
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