On Thursday night, Arizona’s FOX 10 Channel aired the “results” of the upcoming gubernatorial election 12 days before the actual election during their live broadcast.
FOX 10 posted an election update in the lower lefthand corner of their screen with Democrat Katie Hobbs ahead in the race by 7 points.
Katie Hobbs currently trails Republican Kari Lake by 11 points in the latest FOX 10 poll.
That’s an 18-point swing!
The broadcast did not go unnoticed.
Kari Lake tweeted this out.
Fox 10 called the election for @KatieHobbs TWELVE DAYS before Election Day pic.twitter.com/z4WhcNKhRu
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) October 28, 2022
This is also Kari Lake’s former TV station, where she was the number one anchor until she decided to walk away from the fake news media.
Charlie Kirk also tweeted on the broadcast error.
Here’s a still image with a red ☑️ next to Katie Hobbs, declaring her the winner 53-47 over Kari Lake pic.twitter.com/y3r8AfyJ9q
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 28, 2022
FOX 10 Phoenix later announced this was an error caused by the Associated Press during testing.
At 5:50p during the Fox 10 newscast today a small graphic appeared on the lower left side of the screen showing test results for the upcoming election.
These were generated by the Associated Press which distributes results to clients. (1/2)
— FOX 10 Phoenix (@FOX10Phoenix) October 28, 2022
This was just the latest media interference into the gubernatorial race.
Obviously, Fox 10 and AP are already betting against Kari Lake big, despite her massive lead in the polls.
So @AP is producing eerily similar numbers to AZ projected counts and providing that Katie Hobbs wins… just for test funsies? https://t.co/7hjhViZyHq
— Tyler Bowyer 🇺🇸 (@tylerbowyer) October 28, 2022
Rep. Hoffman promises to introduce legislation to hold the media accountable for election interference following the FOX10 stunt.
Rep. Jake Hoffman announces agenda to curb Media Interference in Elections
“This coming legislative session I will be introducing a bill to hold news outlets accountable should they interfere with Arizona’s election and/or disenfranchise Arizona voters like this in the future” pic.twitter.com/BJX7OwVLMW
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) October 28, 2022
Sources:
- https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/fix-az-fox-10-calls-arizona-governors-race-democrat-katie-hobbs-12-days-election-live-tv-claims-error-test-associated-press/
- https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/arizona-gop-lawmaker-introduce-bill-hold-media-accountable-election-interference-following-fox10-election-test-stunt/
