This is the shocking moment a Fox News anchor's foul-mouthed rant was broadcast live on air after she didn't realize the cameras ...
This is the shocking moment a Fox News anchor's foul-mouthed rant was broadcast live on air after she didn't realize the cameras were rolling.
Kari Lake from Fox 10 in Phoenix, Arizona can be heard saying 'f*** them, they're dopes' as she was warned by her bosses over negative article appearing about her in a local newspaper.
Lake was referring to journalists from the Phoenix New Times who reportedly revealed she had created an account on a social media platform mainly used by people whose Twitter accounts have been deactivated for extreme views.
Discussing an order from her managers to delete the account during the broadcast, however, the Emmy Award-winning anchor said: 'That's a rag for selling marijuana ads.'
Lake and her co-host, John Hook, were set to appear in a Facebook Live video but did not realize they were already being filmed.
The Fox 10 host received criticism earlier this month after it was revealed Lake still holds an account on Parler, an alternative to Twitter favored by Trump supporters and right-wing extremists.
'I think they just think it [Parler] has been been branded as a far-right kind of place,' Hook can be heard saying as the clip starts.
'Jesus,' Lake responded, 'So they don't want you tied in with anything like that, where you're going to get blowback from the New Times or whoever it is.'
'I'm reaching people,' Lake then added.
On Monday evening after the Facebook Live clip was broadcast, Lake did not appear on her usual 5pm slot.
Parler has proved a controversial platform since its launch in August 2018.
The social media site is billed as a 'free speech' alternative to Twitter which is less likely to block users for using hateful language.
Many Parler users are also banned from other major platforms like YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.
Its popularity surged in December after Candace Owens declared herself to be 'the first conservative' to join 'the new Twitter.'
InfoWars figure Paul Joseph Watson, Twitter-door-chainer Laura Loomer, Trump media mouthpiece Katrina Pierson, and Trump 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale joined soon after.
Lake's Parler account is still active despite criticism.
Lake's presence on Parler is not the first time she has received attention for her use of social media.
In April 2018, Lake was widely mocked for claiming that the #RedForEd movement was 'nothing more than a push to legalize pot.' Lake made the claim after seeing a parody T-shirt that read: '#GREENforED.'
In her Tweet inventing the teacher's union-marijuana industry conspiracy theory, Lake added the hashtag: '#IHateTheDishonesty.'
In November, days before the midterm elections, Lake retweeted an unverified claim from someone who said they received a pre-filled ballot.
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