I heard she thought she was off the air and was flipping the bird to a technician who was giving her a hard time.
The cited article says that. Frankly, I think that's a plausible explanation.
But, you have to admit that it's terrible publicity. If a newsreader had done that while reading a news story about Bush or Reagan, how would you have reacted?
That was certainly a plausible cover story, but evidently the PC russians didn’t want to go that route. Probably got a phone call...
I like her replacing Shep, provided it’s in her contract that she has to give the one-finger salute every time Obama’s name is mentioned.