A total solar eclipse is seen in Dallas, Texas, US, April 8, 2024
Photo: Reuters/NASA/Keegan Barber
While people in North America and Mexico stood awestruck at the sight of total solar eclipse, a Mexican news channel faced flak for "accidentally airing a man's testicle" on the television. Yes, you read that right.
According to a report in India Today, Mexico's RCG Media 24/7 channel was telecasting viewer-submitted videos of the celestial phenomenon when the three anchors hosting the show accidently aired an explicit video. As the anchors continued speaking on air, one of the clips appeared on the screen showed a "man's testicles blocking out a source of light".
While a female anchor expressed dismay, her male colleague continued the broadcast. The male anchor, however, later went on to explain that the clip that had just played was one of the viewer submitted footage, while he admitted that it was his choice to include clips of eclipse from audiences. He added that such expectations lead to bizarre and embarrassing situations for broadcasters.
A netizen who identified himself as 'Rhevolver' on X claimed responsibility for the incident. "Greetings to all my people from Saltillo who had to watch my eggs on television because those from @rcg_media neglected to review the video of the eclipse carefully," Rhevolver wrote, adding, "I love them."
Meanwhile, the total solar eclipse was captured by NASA from space— a video of which was shared by the space agency. In the video, the Moon's shadow is seen across the continent plunging parts of the United States of America, Mexico and Canada while all these regions braced darkness for the period until the Sun completely remained covered.