Ultimate news goof: CBS affiliate calls Obama 2012 winner

10/22/2012

Imagine the massive dressing-down folks in the control room of Phoenix CBS News affiliate KPHO received on Friday when this blunder, declaring Obama the clear presidential winner weeks before the election, occupied the bottom of the screen for a full 17 seconds. By their dreamy calculations, Obama pulled 43 percent of the nation's votes and Romney 40 percent. If it makes these bozos feel any better, an Ohio ABC affiliate reportedly embedded a similar fictitious Obama win on its website. We bet Romney’s wishing he could take these idiots to "The People’s Court" right now.

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