ABC 'mistakenly' airs election results sparking wild conspiracy theories

ABC has sparked chaotic conspiracy theories after mistakenly airing election results for Pennsylvania.

The results appeared connected nan ticker on nan bottommost of nan surface during a broadcast of nan Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix by ABC section connection WNEP-TV connected Sunday.

It showed Kamala Harris taking nan authorities pinch 52 percent of nan votes, while Donald Trump's stock was 47 percent.

It instantly prompted claims of predetermination rigging connected societal media, pinch 1 personification tweeting: 'The cheat is on.'

WNEP-TV said that nan numbers came up connected nan surface successful 'error' and that they had been 'randomly generated' arsenic portion of a trial ahead of predetermination nighttime connected November 5.

Trump is presently leading nan authorities by 0.6 percent points successful an mean of nan apical polls by Real Clear Politics.

Biden won Pennsylvania by nan narrowest of margins successful 2020, beating Trump by 80,555 votes aliases 1.17 percent.

Democrats person accused Trump and his friends of laying nan groundwork to title a imaginable nonaccomplishment by stoking doubts astir nan election's legitimacy.

He has portrayed Democrats arsenic cheaters, called mail-in ballots corrupt and urged supporters to ballot successful specified ample numbers to render nan predetermination 'too large to rig.' 

In consequence to the WNEP-TV broadcast, 1 personification wrote connected X: 'If nan aforesaid graphics popular up aft November 5th, pinch nan aforesaid percentages & nan aforesaid ballot count, it'll beryllium EXTREMELY suspicious. And nan media wonders why cipher trusts them?'

Another said: 'ABC is cheating for nan Democrat machine. Their licence should beryllium revoked.' 

In a connection nan broadcaster said: 'Those numbers should not person appeared connected nan screen, and it was an correction by WNEP that they did.

'The numbers seen connected nan surface were randomly generated trial results sent retired to thief news organizations make judge their instrumentality is moving decently successful beforehand of predetermination night.

'The numbers were not reflective of immoderate existent ballot count.

'Pennsylvania rule does not let mail-in ballots to beryllium taken retired of their envelopes until 7:00 a.m. connected Election Day, and nary votes of immoderate benignant will beryllium counted successful Pennsylvania until aft nan polls adjacent astatine 8:00 p.m.

'WNEP regrets nan correction and apologizes for immoderate confusion. We person taken steps to guarantee that it does not hap again.'

ABC has already been attacked by Trump and his supporters overs its alleged bias during nan statesmanlike statement connected September 10. 

Conservative commentators claimed that nan moderators continually fact-checked Trump while giving Harris a free pass.

In addition, an anonymous whistleblower alleged ABC handed questions to nan Harris run up of nan debate.