Channel 10 is called out over huge US election blunder

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By Pranav Harish For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:42 EST, 6 November 2024 | Updated: 01:57 EST, 6 November 2024

Aussie viewers person slammed Channel Ten for prematurely declaring Donald Trump the adjacent US President successful a large blunder during their election coverage. 

A screenshot of the mistake which work 'Donald Trump has won the contention to the White House' was uploaded to Reddit on Wednesday afternoon. 

The words appeared underneath a caption astatine the bottommost of the network's broadcast, which work 'America has decided'. 

Presenter Narelda Jacobs was interviewing a impermanent astatine the clip erstwhile the announcement appeared during the broadcast for respective seconds. 

Aussie viewers person slammed Channel Ten for prematurely declaring Donald Trump the adjacent US President (pictured) successful a large blunder during their predetermination coverage.

An overlay of Trump hugging his nominee for Vice President JD Vance astatine a rally was shown.

The broadcast past chopped to a clip of Trump debating President Joe Biden arsenic Jacobs continued to interrogation the guest.   

'Channel Ten getting up of themselves,' the Teddit idiosyncratic captioned the post. 

'This was astatine astir 1:20pm AEDT. Then it disappeared aft a minute'.

Hundreds of commenters were stunned by the gaffe. 

'That's f*****g chaotic lol,' 1 idiosyncratic wrote. 

'Especially with truthful galore mail-in ballots that aren't allowed to beryllium counted yet,' different idiosyncratic wrote. 

Presenter Narelda Jacobs (pictured) was interviewing a impermanent astatine the clip erstwhile the announcement appeared during the broadcast for respective seconds

Others sympathised with the mistake and said determination would a batch unit regularly supply updates arsenic the votes proceed to get counted. 

'It [would] beryllium stressful implicit there,' 1 idiosyncratic wrote. 

A 3rd chimed in: 'Looking guardant to this being featured successful aboriginal American YouTuber videos ‘proving’ the predetermination was stolen'.

'They whitethorn good extremity up being correct, but this is going up ace embarrassing if Harris gets up,' different wrote. 

The victor of the predetermination being contested by Trump and Democratic rival Kamala Harris has not yet been announced. 

Trump is starring the contention to the White House with the erstwhile president having secured 248 of the Electoral College votes retired of the 270 needed to win. 

Former President Donald Trump (pictured) is presently starring his antiauthoritarian rival successful the votes arsenic Americans determine who their adjacent person volition be

Ms Harris is presently trailing connected 214. 

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Ten for comment. 

Trump has already won immoderate of the cardinal battleground states including Georgia and North Carolina. 

Other states specified arsenic Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona person not been called successful favour of either candidate. 

Results from the votes truthful acold bespeak the Trump is apt to triumph those 3 states however, counting is apt to hap adjacent aft the victor is announced. 

The Republicans person been victorious elsewhere with the G.O.P winning the Senate by 51 votes to 42.  

More to come. 

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