Perhaps it was someone getting into the new years spirit cabvarchar(15), or perhaps just a slip of the tongue, but we don’t really think this newsreader meant to suggest that gay people were being burnt as part of Sydney’s racial violence last month.

We think he really meant burning a flag.

Is this the best blooper of 2005, or do you have a better one? If so, send it to us so we can share it with other readers for a new year’s chuckle.

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