Fox DC affiliate flubs Osama news by reporting the president is dead

By NewscastStudio May 2, 2011

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WTTG-TV, the Fox affiliate in Washington, D.C., accidentally reported that President Obama was dead after an attack on his compound, a mistake that was repeated by other media outlets as well.