# Do you think This Bird is lost in translation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-bird-is-lost-in-translation/604764 "2011-12-02T00:11:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-bird-is-lost-in-translation/604764/1 "2011-12-02T00:11:17Z")
[Russian newscaster gives President Obama the finger,](http://www.tvweek.com/viral-video/1/) or that’s what it looks like. Maybe if I spoke Russian, or even Italian, it would look different. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-bird-is-lost-in-translation/604764/2 "2011-12-02T00:59:42Z")
Can’t think. Distracted by the shiny. . . . . . _ahem_ [Her former employer (yes, she was fired after this) claimed the gesture was intended for her [prankster] colleagues in the studio rather than for President Obama.](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8912395/Russian-newsreader-fired-after-Obama-middle-finger-insult.html) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-this-bird-is-lost-in-translation/604764/3 "2011-12-02T01:13:04Z")
So she didn’t know she was on the air?? Shades of [Reagan bombing Moscow.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv13ZnkpWos)