News 12 Anchor Fired For Unintentionally Cursing On Air

The once Emmy nominated News 12 The Bronx anchor Matt Pieper learned the hard way to watch what you say while on the set...even if you think the mic isn't on. Pieper was talking back and forth with reporter Amy Yensi, before they thought they were going to go live with a story on crossing guards at local schools. Unknowing to Pieper, their mics were indeed on. Here's what he said...

And Dave wants you to also mention that parents do their f------ jobs and walk their little kids to school on their own and not rely on everyone else. Kind of like people rely on government assistance for their entire lives. I actually added the part about government assistance but it’s true. I mean, how old are these kids?

Pieper apologized and explained his actions via Twitter this past Monday. According to him, it was someone in the control room who told him to say all that...

Someone in the control room spoke into my earpiece and asked me to relay a message to our reporter out in the field. These were not my own thoughts or profanities, the embattled newsman wrote. In relaying that information, I made a poor decision in my choice of words and for that I apologize.