NYC ABC flubs city name in microtext

By Michael P. Hill May 5, 2016

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WABC-TV brushed off a new graphics package this week, but failed to notice a typo in some of the microtext.

In the new opens, microtext running across the screen is supposed to read “New York’s #1 News.”

But, the station renamed its own city to “News York.”

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