AJ Clemente, rookie TV anchor, says he's fired for profanity on air

Appearing on NBC's Today show this morning, fired North Dakota TV anchor A.J. Clemente spoke up about the most embarrassing on air mistake since New York anchor Sue Simmons let the f-word fly just before a commercial – revealing, in the process, whyA.J. Clemente was fired from his new job as news anchor at KFYR, North Dakota's NBC affiliate, when he was caught on-air uttering expletives as the news broadcast opened. In a broadcast clip that went viral online, Clemente is introduced as the newThe clip, which has become a viral sensation online, shows Clemente and his co-anchor Van Tieu beginning the weekend news, but Clemente begins by saying two words we can't publish here. Though he attempts to continue with the broadcast, he and TieuIn the span of two hours this morning, A.J. Clemente got a chuckle out of Matt Lauer, he got a pep talk from Tom Brokaw and got a job

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