'Trump wins!' Fox News accidentally declares in New Hampshire
Sure, we're all excited for the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.
Perhaps none more excited than Fox News.
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Fox News jumped the gun on Tuesday morning, accidentally publishing fake New Hampshire primary results to its website. Most polls in the state don't close until 7 p.m. ET.
Who, in Fox's fantasy world, takes home the winning title? With 100% of the "vote" in, Donald Trump took home 28% of the delegates, a solid plurality over his closest rivals: Marco Rubio (15%) and Ted Cruz (12%).
On the Democratic side of things, Fox projected Bernie Sanders to win, taking 53% over Clinton's 43%.
Fox News quickly updated the website to reflect that no votes have actually been counted as of Tuesday morning.
Jeff Misenti, chief digital officer of Fox News, said that the fake results appeared as a part of the site's tests for its upcoming coverage.
"During routine testing in preparation for the New Hampshire primary a malfunction occurred which briefly showed errant data on our website. This error has been rectified. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused," he said in a statement to Mashable.
Topics Donald Trump Elections
Jason Abbruzzese is a Business Reporter at Mashable. He covers the media and telecom industries with a particular focus on how the Internet is changing these markets and impacting consumers. Prior to working at Mashable, Jason served as Markets Reporter and Web Producer at the Financial Times. Jason holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and an M.A. in International Affairs from Australian National University.
