Why does WCPO have election results posted online 16 days before the election?
One of several screenshots taken Oct. 20, 2012
Here’s the page where WCPO at this writing still has the “results” posted: http://media2.wcpo.com/html/elections/elections.html
On Twitter, they are @WCPO
This is a damn good question!
That’ s a Cincinnati station and Cincinnati congressional results
Look again, see where it says PRESIDENT ??? and has the results posted??
Same thing in Arizona on a CBS station.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/21/cbs-news-affiliate-calls-2012-presidential-race-for-barack-obama-weeks-ahead-of-election/
whistling past the graveyard folks!
[...] yet been cast, it seems Odd that these Media Outlets could already have the Vote Tallies, no? See: BREAKING: Cleveland, Ohio TV Station WCPO Shows Election Night Results with Obama Win on its Website… and: CBS News affiliate calls 2012 presidential race for Barack Obama weeks ahead of election | [...]
Odd????. . . no . . . ELECTION CHEATING and HORRIFYING .. yes!!
I worked at local TV stations for years. Stations test their on-air and online systems in the weeks leading up to elections. Random results are put in to make sure everything is ready and then zero’ed out. Occassionally, something isn’t right and it appears on the screen for a second or on the website for a brief time. That’s all. There is no fix — unless you’re paranoid.
That “test link” has been live for at least 24 hours, still is as I write this.
Yeah…. “random” test
I would rather be paranoid than a sheeple.
So why not put all zeros in the results instead of random numbers?
Why no put exact numbers for each party so they show 45% – 45% ?
I own a radio site, and when working on “test” pages that you want to have live, you put it on an unlinked URL, not your homepages.
Any professional tech knows this.
Poor excuse: And this is coming from a programmer and web dev.
“And this is coming from a programmer and web dev” LoL!
Their point is valid. It would be the same as you working for Cisco, and having a development box plugged directly into the internet. Then claiming as people downloaded buggy, half-non-working software and firmware that bricked routers, switches and/or servers…that well it’s their fault that it didn’t work. Instead of yours, for not having an internal development machine, on an internal only network.
Why has no one ever seen this before, if it’s a routine thing?
I think it probably happens often but it is tests of stuff no one cares about.
given the PROVEN bias of mainstream media outlets, I consider this to be a broadcast version of a Freudian slip.
Is that fair though if your guy is so far behind according to this set of numbers some idiots out there might actually believe these number are early voting numbers and not go vote they really shouldn’t test that way
People court in Phoenix had it on the screen for 13 seconds that Obama won today check it out
[...] Via TD Blog: [...]
Permit me, please, to make a correction….WCPO is in Cincinnati, not Cleveland. Just for the record.
Thank you, will correct that
Maybe if they say Obama wins they may think that people won’t bother to vote for Mitt….it is some kind of scam.
[...] an ABC station in Ohio did the same thing, declaring Obama and Senator Sherrod Brown the winner with mysterious vote totals. WTF is going on here? Do these media hacks have some sort of time machine they hopped in and went [...]
This had better be “just a test”. Nov.6th has not happened yet. It isn’t legal and we are watching!
yeah like that matters Michelle! They are so crooked it’s ridiculous! How many executive orders has Obama pushed through without any congressional consent! It makes me sick! He is a liar and will try to do anything to continue his socialist agenda!
Works for me. It shows Romney taking the presidency in the first table…
LOOK: Arizona, Too!! http://patdollard.com/2012/10/disturbing-cbs-news-affiliate-accidentally-runs-khyron-dated-november-6-declaring-obama-winner-of-2012-election-4340-40237966-votes-to-38116216/
Reblogged this on Rightlinks Blog – Greece: Setting the standard for Democrats everywhere and commented:
Interesting…
[...] Obama winning the Presidential election with 43% of the vote. Likewise, a small blog site called Texasdarlin has reported that on WCPO’s website, the election results already showed Obama winning Ohio [...]
The page just got scrubbed about 2 am EST Monday morning. I looked at the page at about 1:30AM and it still said the results. Just checked again and Presidential numbers are now at 0 and so is the percentage of precincts reported=0%. But if you scroll down there are still some results from other states, offices and a couple of amendments. Apparently the fish and game law in Kentucky is not going to pass.
Did anyone get a screen shot of the results that they can pass around to media outlets?
Yes, I have screen shots. One of them is shown in the post.
If it is found that B.O. won by voter fraud – it won’t be prez anyway!!!! But there would sure be a lot of investigations and justice done.
yeah remember your answer when the republicans are found doing the same. oh wait they already were
Yes, the Republicans were caught stealing an election. We all know this because it was in the talking points that were released by the DNC.
Give me a break. 99% of the time there is voter fraud, homeless bums payed with cigarettes to vote, voter registration fraud, “uncounted” ballots “found” in the trunk of someone’s car after the initial vote count or elections with more votes cast than there are voters registered, it is the Democrat who wins. It is Democrats who oppose every effort to ensure that voters are actually eligible to vote.
And before you try to claim that GWB stole the election in 2000, review the events in the Florida recount. No objective person could come to any conclusion other than that it was Gore who was trying to steal the election.
There won’t be any investigations and there will be no justice. Those things happened in America. I’m not sure where we are living now.
For anyone on Twitter — @WCPO Cincinnati breaking news, weather radar, traffic and more from 9News. Let’s ask them to explain.
[...] h/t: TD Blog [...]
Why would anyone in Ohio or anywhere else re-elect a C- President?
Especially since Tagg owns all the voting machines used in OH. Real fix there.
sounds like Les Nessman reporting those results
what a bunch of crooks!!!!!!!!!!! I can’t stand liberal cheats. I was never racist till Obama got elected…. but now i’m racist! Racist only again LIBERALS!
Why and how are you showing 100% reporting of election that is still 2 weeks away. Today is October 22,2012
Ridiculous!!!!
Question: Can someone explain why a lot of celebrities support Obama? Does the government give them a bunch of money? I’m trying to understand why certain groups support Obama. Could someone please respond.
It’s all reset to 0% now. CBS did this same thing in Arizona today. http://times247.com/articles/cbs-news-affiliate-calls-election-for-obama-2-weeks-early
Some will claim this is simply an accident as stations prepare for the election and test pages for broadcast. Sorry, I’m not buying it. I interned at a PBS TV Station in Boise, Idaho as a cameraman and believe you me, the directors are anal about what is and is not done. And that’s PBS! To say that an ABC or CBS affiliate would ‘accidentally” run something like this stinks to high heavens! ~ TAP
Did you think there was an actual “election?” LMAO
If this doesn’t get conservative people angery enough to go vote and show the media how off base they are….nothing will!!
[...] Cincinnati, Ohio TV Station WCPO Shows Election Night Results with Obama Win on its Website The reply I received was this: [...]
So, I contacted WCPO and asked them what this link was. I got a call 5 minutes later and they explained that it was, in fact, their testing server. He went on to point out that it is not a public link and was not intended to be seen by the public since it is a testing server. He explained they do several runs before the election, each time putting in different numbers just for testing purposes. (I confirmed this – when I go to the link now, it says 22% reporting) He said AP does the same thing.
Being in the IT security business, his story makes sense. If you’re still thinking this is a conspiracy, the best thing to do is save the page each time it changes and then compare those saves to the actual results on election day.
If they are not different, I will call them back.
PS – the URL is not linked. Somebody found it by other means. I will tell you it does not show up in a search for “WCPO election results” But this page does.
Hmmm….
That is not a public web address. Someone definitely found it by other means…
[...] website viewers in Ohio, the statistical results were more elaborate, and included third party candidates, as well as Senatorial [...]
Do a little research and you will see who is doing the counting of votes. You will know BEFORE the voting who is going to win. Just google (who is counting the votes). HAHAHA. It is a set up. He will win again and and we are in trouble.
Keep these screen caps and compare them with the actual broadcast results by these people.
I am not surprised by this or Phoenix. They will do anything to win and make sure military, veterans or the working man’s voice is not heard
[...] Cincinnati, Ohio TV Station WCPO Shows Election Night Results with Obama Win on its Website A lot of 112 year old voted in NC [...]
its bulltwadle, how do they calculate that? Their surveys are inherently limited.
I’m pretty sure they are just testing the website for their election coverage people…
[...] Soon after, WCPO in Cleveland posted a list of vote totals for the Nov. 6 election that again declared Obama the victor in the presidential election and even stated that Ohio’s Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown was re-elected to his U.S. Senate seat. Below is a screen shot taken by the blog TexasDarlin: [...]