Another on-screen graphic mistake surfaces

By Michael P. Hill January 30, 2009

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From TVNewsTalk: WFSB-TV in Hartford, Conn., recently did a story on the disappearance of a young girl and used a full-screen graphic that was supposed to have a mug shot of the possible suspect. But as you can see, that didn’t quite happen.

This comes on the heels of NBC using a photo of the wrong James Brady in an OTS and, just so it’s clear everyone makes mistakes, NewscastStudio forgetting to type a headline in its most recent e-mail newsletter.

See the video here, while it lasts.

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