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With “100%” of the Pennsylvania vote in, Democrat Kamala Harris defeated Republican Donald Trump in the race for the presidency, local ABC news station WNEP reported on Sunday, October 27 — more than a week before Election Day. “President Statewide,” “Reporting 100%,” declared a graphic that displayed at the bottom of the television screen during a broadcast of the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix, announcing the following results: Clips of the video soon made their way to social media, introduced by snarky comments. In response, WNEP posted a “note” on its website saying that the results shown were “test results”...

[H/T HoneysuckleTN]Oct 30, 2024·8.4MViews ransomnote: I captured some search results about this story, because I believe they will soon be edited out of existance. I note that none of the results include any major network - just small time reporting. I assume that means if they ever do comment, the major networks will roll their eyes, say that MAGA is over reacting to a normal 'teset' they always do...https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=ABC+accidentally+aired+election+results+of+Harris+winning+PA+by+5%25+with+100%25+in&ia=webHere is a selection of articles at the link:https://thedispatch.com › article › election-results-shown-on-a-pennsylvania-tv-station-were-a-system-test'Election Results' Shown on a Pennsylvania TV Station Were a System ...Today"A local PA news station did a system 'test'...

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. Pennsylvania law does not allow mail-in ballots to be taken out of their envelopes until 7:00...

A Pennsylvania man convicted of threatening President Donald Trump and a district attorney was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday. “Authorities charged 28-year-old Shawn Christy of McAdoo with threatening to ‘put a bullet’ in Trump and then-Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli and threatening ‘lethal force’ against police,” according to the Associated Press (AP). Authorities caught Christy in Ohio in 2018 following a manhunt that spanned several states and Canada, WNEP reported. The article continued: While he was on the run, federal officials say Christy broke into several homes and businesses, stealing food, firearms, and vehicles. Federal officials said...

A mushrooming political battle over ObamaCare involving the White House, two incumbent Pennsylvania congressmen, three Catholic hospitals and a nun has just exploded in, of all places, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Charges from the Scranton medical community of intimidation by the Obama White House and its allies are filling the air. All of this just as Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Scranton today to raise money for one of the participants.