Huh. Well look at that.
ABC affiliate WNEP says the whole thing was just a big mistake.
Test results for the upcoming November 5 general election mistakenly appeared on WNEP-TV early Sunday evening during a broadcast of the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix.
Those numbers should not have appeared on the screen, and it was an error by WNEP that they did.The numbers seen on the screen were randomly generated test results sent out to help news organizations make sure their equipment is working properly in advance of election night.
The numbers were not reflective of any actual vote count.
So coincidental how they "randomly" have Harris winning by a cool 5% margin, huh?
For no reason at all, here's Disney exec Dana Walden, who leads ABC News and ABC Entertainment.
Local stations do run internal tests like this regularly to make sure everything is working for game day, but you gotta love how the "accident" in what might be the most important battleground state had Harris come out on top.
Anyway, I'm sure it was all a glitch and there's no shenanigans afoot.
WNEP regrets the error and apologizes for any confusion. We have taken steps to ensure that it does not happen again.
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