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Weeks in advance.
The 2012 presidential election is still more than two weeks away, but on Friday a CBS News affiliate in Arizona called the race for President Barack Obama.
For 17 seconds, Phoenix, Arizona CBS News affiliate KPHO ran a lower third graphic that showed that Obama had won the Nov. 6 election over Gov. Mitt Romney with 99% of the precincts reporting. The lower third graphic appeared around 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 19, during an episode of The Peoples Court.
The CBS News graphic showed Obama winning the election with 43 percent of the vote nationwide to Romneys 40 percent - or 40,237,966 votes to 38,116,216. It is unclear who garnered the other 17 percent in the fictional election results...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2zYi2xn1jo]'October Surprise!' - CBS Affiliate Calls 2012 Presidential Race For Barack Obama Weeks in Advance - YouTube[/ame]
Read more: CBS News affiliate calls 2012 presidential race for Barack Obama weeks ahead of election | The Daily Caller
The 2012 presidential election is still more than two weeks away, but on Friday a CBS News affiliate in Arizona called the race for President Barack Obama.
For 17 seconds, Phoenix, Arizona CBS News affiliate KPHO ran a lower third graphic that showed that Obama had won the Nov. 6 election over Gov. Mitt Romney with 99% of the precincts reporting. The lower third graphic appeared around 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 19, during an episode of The Peoples Court.
The CBS News graphic showed Obama winning the election with 43 percent of the vote nationwide to Romneys 40 percent - or 40,237,966 votes to 38,116,216. It is unclear who garnered the other 17 percent in the fictional election results...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2zYi2xn1jo]'October Surprise!' - CBS Affiliate Calls 2012 Presidential Race For Barack Obama Weeks in Advance - YouTube[/ame]
Read more: CBS News affiliate calls 2012 presidential race for Barack Obama weeks ahead of election | The Daily Caller