Reporter leaves terrified child in tears after bad joke

Knock, knock. Who’s there? Boo. Boo Who? Exactly. Plus, ‘Fox and Friends’ gets punked, Dos Equis’ ‘Most Interesting Man’ endorses Obama, the Starbucks diet, Jeremy Lin might want to sleep on your couch, and more.

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This might rank as one of most adorable media mishaps ever. During a live segment from the Fall Harvest Fest in Platteville, Colo., KDVR Fox 31’s Dan Duru attempted to interview the furrow-browed “Drew the Farm Kid,” but the reporter’s bad joke—comparing the child’s hair to that of Albert Einstein’s—drives the tyke to tears. Dan beats a hasty retreat, leaving the parenting to the professionals.

“Fox and Friends” anchor Gretchen Carlson didn’t fare much better with Max Rice, a “recent college grad” invited on the show to talk about his loss of faith in President Obama. Greeting Miss America Carlson with a “S’up,” the hijacked interview was downhill for the reporter from there.

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