Fox News accidentally reports Donald Trump as the winner in New Hampshire

POLITICO ^ | February 9, 2015 | NOLAN D. MCCASKILL and HADAS GOLD

[McGruff]

Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday -- according to a premature Fox News report.

Citing every precinct reporting, Fox News' website accidentally published election results declaring Trump the winner with 28 percent support and 14 delegates.

"During routine testing in preparation for the New Hampshire primary a malfunction occurred which briefly showed errant data on our website," Fox News Chief Digital Officer Jeff Misenti said in a statement. "This error has been rectified. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused."

[Beagle8U]

Cool!

Now Cruz can tell the Trump voters they can go home without voting.

[usafa92]

Maybe they are trying to suppress turnout for Trump. Leak a report that he won, bleed off some people from going because they already think Trump won. Sort of like 2000 when the networks called Florida for Gore to suppress the conservative vote in the Panhandle. Fox is GoPe and pushing Rubio and Bush. Nothing would surprise me.

[jstaff]

Yeah, they are just trying to discourage Trump’s people from voting. I’ll bet anything that devil Cruz was behind this, he will do anything to win.

[McGruff]

This just in. The Carolina Panthers scored two touchdowns that weren’t counted in the Super Bowl. They are the NFL champions.

[elhombrelibre]

Trump peddles conspiracies if it involves him. He’s tried to say FOX is unfair to him, which is absurd. It’s being absurd doesn’t matter to his followers since truth is not objective; it’s what Trump says it is.

[jpsb]

Fox is anti-Trump, so was this “mistake” an attempt to drive down Trump voter turn out? I mean if Trump already won why go vote for Trump later on today.

[Fhios]

oh great. Trump won. No need for me to go out today and vote .......

[MNJohnnie]

As someone who works in Corporate American I can tell you IT departments hate “working in test” they always want to cut corners and simply not have to duplicate work in both test and production.

[nikos1121]

I have to post this again...Did anyone see this, this morning on F & Fs? I couldn't believe it. Funniest thing, is these interviewers are savage. Poor guy sits down, and they show this clip of Trump saying in that blunt New York drawl: “If Jeb Bush didn't work for the gov’t NOBODY would hire this guy to do anything!” I mean, poor guy goes in there to have the New England breakfast. Can't recall what he was wearing, certainly not the suit and tie like Trump, and he gets SLAMMED by Doocy or the other guy. He recovers and says, “Well I'm not interviewing for a job with one of Donald Trump's companies.” Then he goes on says, “I've been rather good in gov’t as a governor etc. etc.” And then his food his served... Jeb with that big old Paul Bunyan look says, "Good ole New England breakfast!!! That's what I like to start the day!!" Camera hones down to it, ham, eggs toast...and...and...and.. He separates the edges of the bread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He separated the friggin' edges of the bread The guy says incredulously; "You, take the edges off your toast?" Bush could have said, "Yeah, the soy bean oil on the crust is not good." or "Just an old Bush habit." or "Haha, I guess I do..." or, "I'm watching the carbs." NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh no! He gives that POS politically correct BS answer that ONLY a nerd politician would give... "Yeah, I'm STARTING my paleo diet." And he was serious!!!!!!!!! ROTFLMPAO!!!!! and I mean it!!!!!!!!!! I mean, what they should have done at that point is show an Archive clip of Trump in a tux carving into the "middle" of blood rare 42 oz humungous Rib Eye, and then pan back to Jeb cutting his entire flank steak into little iddy bitty bite size pieces...

I mean great come back, and the Kodak Moment of him separating the edge of his toast. That's worse than Kerry in Nasa suit, or Dukakis in the tank.

Hey, Sununu! That's your boy!!!!!

[woofie]

Thats right they outlawed simple mistakes in the late 60s and now its one damn conspiracy after another

[JLS]

This happens almost every 4 years. Some network is doing a run through for the night’s election coverage and somehow it gets on air for a few seconds. I know for sure I have seen this in at least two prior elections.

[txhurl]

Is the 275,000 turnout actually in line with historical turnout?

[AppyPappy]

Rather interesting that NH goes so big for Trump. I’m trying to figure out the policy draw.

[smoothsailing]

Pretty much. In 2012 turnout for the Republican primary was 244,000.

[Colofornian]

100% in of results, too! (Per Fox)

I guess in NH the "count" & "results" are all predetermined anyway...and the person working on the "eventual" graphic gave it away.

[Colofornian]

Rather interesting that NH goes so big for Trump. I’m trying to figure out the policy draw.

East Coast values.

Some overlap indeed exists tween East Coast Values & NY Values.

[McGruff]

Their website contracter looks familiar.

[AppyPappy]

None of which is definable. Maybe they are voting for him because he had a reality TV show.

[austinaero]

“Trump peddles conspiracies if it involves him. He’s tried to say FOX is unfair to him”

Really?

What other candidate was targeted in a stupid FOX press release just before a debate? Do tell.

[Colofornian]

This just in. The Carolina Panthers scored two touchdowns that weren’t counted in the Super Bowl. They are the NFL champions.

Breaking: Bill Bellicheat bamboozled a belated breakthru - using New England Values -- to boastingly get the Pats declared as Super Bowl champs.