It's a common practice in newsrooms to call hospitals or the cop shop to get the condition of people who have been in accidents or for whatever reason are in the hospital.
The guy on the desk tonight managed to get the phone number for the room of this person that was in a car accident and is in the hospital. So he called it. He told the person who answered that he was calling from the news station and he was wondering if they'd be willing to release the condition of what's his name.
The next thing out of his mouth was, "Oh, well what's your condition then?"
He was talking to the person himself. Needless to say the entire newsroom erupted in laughter.