Sue Simmons, a longtime NBC news anchor in New York, apologized Tuesday for using the f-word on air during a news promo on Monday. Simmons, an anchor for New York's WNBC-TV, made the apology after cursing on the live promo. During the 10 pm hour, WNBC featured a brief promo for the 11 pm news with Simmons and Chuck Scarborough. Simmons was teasing a story about rising grocery prices when the footage laid over her voice switched to a cruise ship that had a passenger go overboard. Simmons then yelled "What the f--- are you doing?" The outburst was followed by nearly eight seconds of silence. During the 11 pm hour, Simmons offered her apology for using the f-bomb, saying that she was "truly sorry". There was no word from the station if the curse word incident who cause Simmons to be suspended or reprimanded further. http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=46503&cat=2
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