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Reporter accidentally uses Facebook filters on his face during a Live cross

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A reporter for a North Carolina TV station has accidentally used Facebook filters while going live in a video, creating one of the best new viral videos on the internet.

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WATCH: Reporter accidentally goes live on TV with Facebook filters

WLOS ABC 13 anchor Justin Hinton, 31, explained how he thought he was doing a very serious report on “the first legitimate snowfall we’ve seen this season”. That was until he saw all the silly filters flying over his head!

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Facebook lost it over this mishap. (Credit: Facebook)

Justin was transformed into a wizard, a wolf, and even had massive googly eyes on his face at one point.

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The video went viral! (Credit: Facebook)

Justin is actually an Emmy award-winning journalist, making it that much funnier. 

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Justin is an Emmy award winning journalist. (Credit: Facebook)

“Wait, Misty, did I have a weird face?” you can hear him asking a colleague off-camera. After a pause you hear, “Oh, there are special effects on the phone.”

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The video quickly went viral on Facebook, amassing nearly 16,000 views, 2500 reactions, and 200 comments.

The video’s caption reads, “When you’re trying to do a serious Facebook Live about the weather and you accidentally tap the Mystery Mask filter. Poor Justin Hinton.”

“I think every on-scene weather report should use this filter,” wrote one user. “They’d reel in the viewers for sure.”

“Loved the ‘Weather Wizard’. Good job Justin Hinton,” commented another.

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Justin had a great laugh about it too. “If you can’t laugh at yourself, what’s the point of laughter?” he wrote in an explanation on Facebook. “It still makes me laugh.”

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