Detroit medal count graphic shuffles flags
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Notice anything unusual about Detroit station WXYZ-TV’s Olympic medal count leaderboard above?
Of the five countries listed on the leaderboard, the station only managed to get Norway and Austria’s right — and the United States was reassigned the maple leaf Canadian flag.
Romenesko heard from WXYZ-TV’s news director Dave Manney who explained the error was a result of a producer recycling the graphic from the previous day and neglecting to move the flag icons around.
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Blooper, Bloopers, Dave Manney, detroit, Olympics, sochi, typo, typos, wxyz
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