Before we get too far down this road, what was their marketing ploy? Surely not to get them injured?
The ploy or campaign was that the anchors were not anchored -- I think they even used that phrase in the commercials.
Surely not to get them injured?
No. And if that is what you thought, you are very strange. Perhaps your conspiracy ideas are true and the producers are very depraved and did have this in mind. I implied nothing about that and it is your idea, not mine.
The point was look what happened to this fellow in large part due to the whims of the producers and marketers. There's no reason an anchor has to be near danger or the like.