“Anchorman’s” humor is often crude and mean-spirited, using sex, drunkenness and violence to provoke laughter. Ron drinks scotch all day, up until he goes on camera, and reads whatever appears on the prompter, even when Veronica edits the text to include the f-word. References to male and female anatomy, plus evidence of Ron’s sexual arousal, are shocking and offensive for a PG-13 rating. In two violent confrontations among competing stations, reporters use chains, bats, knives and guns in a battle that includes a man being set on fire, another dragged by a horse and another having his arm cut off. A biker throws Ron’s beloved dog, Baxter, off a bridge into the bay. Bad language adds to the negative content of the film.