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This article was published on November 5, 2013


    Fox News has ‘internal production problem’ that results in embarrassing glitch [Updated]

    Fox News has ‘internal production problem’ that results in embarrassing glitch [Updated]
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    Josh Ong is the US Editor at The Next Web. He previously worked as TNW's China Editor and LA Reporter. Follow him on Twitter or email him a Josh Ong is the US Editor at The Next Web. He previously worked as TNW's China Editor and LA Reporter. Follow him on Twitter or email him at [email protected].

    Fox News had an “internal production issue” on Tuesday that resulted in the posting of an awkward placeholder headline:

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    At first glance, the page appeared to be hacked, but FOX News Chief Digital Officer Jeff Misenti has issued the following statement:

    During routine website maintenance, a home page prototype was accidentally moved to the actual site.  As with any mistake in testing, engineers noticed the error and quickly brought the site back to its normal function.