It Truly was "Fake News"

It seems that during the “Price is Right” the crew at Nexstar’s WCIA (Champaign, Illinois) was doing election rehearsals in the studio for the primary.

Problem was the rehearsal was punched up live on air and the numbers they were using in the practice run were not right.

Word is that the practice run was live on their air for over a minute, the station posted this to their website after figuring out what happened:

You may have noticed WCIA airing election rehearsals during the Price is Right on Monday, March 16. Our team was preparing ahead of the Tuesday night primary. These run-through’s are typical to test graphics, cameras, and all other systems. The test made it on air in error for about a minute. The mock-up was for the United States President race along with the U.S. Senate race. The lower graphic scrolling on the bottom of the screen included some other local races. The vote totals are only test numbers and were zeroed out following the rehearsal. This was an error, and in no way reflects the results of Tuesday night’s Illinois Primary Election. Management apologizes for any confusion or inconvenience.

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