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Fox News Anchor Makes a Mistake and says "Obama is Dead"

10:09 AM PST 12/22/2011 by David Simpson

When Osama bin Laden's death was announced in May, it made headline news. But one Fox anchor made a mistake when reporting the news to viewers, mistakenly saying that President Obama had died. His co-anchor attempted to inform him of his error but it was a few seconds before he corrected himself. "President Obama is, in fact, dead," the anchor said before speaking correctly.

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