I think that's supposed to be a spoof of the attack ..that "news anchor" is a comedian.
also the most haleriously ignorant comment:
Too many times people buy ball pythons from stores like Pet Smart, yet it is illegal to let them go because they can cross breed and have done so in the south...DON'T BUY EXOTIC SNAKES LIKE THIS! They get very big and too many people let them go free...this little child's life was at stake...had the parents not heard the baby, they would have seen a dead baby due to strangulation! This snake was hungry and looking for his prey. To give this a humorous light, is absolutely wrong