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A Fearlessly Crass Send-Off to a 650-Foot Smokestack

See if you can spot what went wrong in the media coverage of this Australian demolition.

There's something a little... off in the footage of Thursday's smokestack leveling in Port Kembla, Australia.

Note that it wasn't in the demolition itself. The process, involving 934 explosive holes and destruction of the base for strategic tilting, took down the 650-foot column like clockwork in this town south of Sydney. Rather, the trouble came during this 9 News report on the event. See if you can spot it (note that it's slightly NSFW and posted below). I'll give you...