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Nature of the accident
Your classic news-anchor-falls-into- bear-pit scenario. While reporting on a pregnant panda, a rival anchorman shoves Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) in with the grizzlies.
How the accident could have been avoided
Newsroom sexists will tell you this is proof that it’s ‘anchorman’ not ‘anchorlady’ for a reason. Send a woman to do a man’s job and she’ll end up in some kind of mess. What we’re actually dealing with is a basic health-and-safety infringement – the zoo needs to raise the bars on that bear enclosure. Stay safe San Diego.
Who’s to blame?
Tim Robbins, we can see you behind that perm and sideburns. But in the cutthroat world of local news, perhaps Veronica should have been watching her back.
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