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Oops: Chicago News Station Gets Duped, Reports Staged Plane Crash for TV Show as Breaking News

Nov. 30, 2012 7:30pm Jason Howerton

The local news crew over at Chicago’s WGN-TV got duped by a staged plane crash for a TV show and reported it as live breaking news on Friday morning. And it was pretty funny.

The WGN Morning News brought the “breaking news” at around 8 a.m., reporting a “small single engine plane” crash on King Drive of Chicago’s south side. The two news anchors, Robin Baumgarten and Larry Potash improvised well and started talking about the potential for injuries and wondered why there was a lack of “frenzied activity” near the crash site.

“We haven’t seen any ambulances, we see a firetruck,” Baumgarten said. “Man, can you imagine, you’re driving down King Drive and a plane comes down in the middle of the road.”

Chicago News Station Gets Duped, Reports Staged Plane Crash for TV Show as Breaking News

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Then came the realization, provided by the news producer over IFB, that the crash was staged for a TV show and completely fake.

“They might want to tell the news folks when they are doing this and shutting down King Drive,” Baumgarten said. “Are you kidding me?”

“It’s for a show nobody watches on NBC,” Potash joked.

Well, lucky for them, a lot more people are watching Chicago’s WGN-TV today via YouTube.

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on December 2, 2012 at 9:18am
In other news…. Massive voter fraud and rigged tabulating gives America a President who was not the choice of the people…… Missed that story..

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- Oscarphone
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 2:47pm
  Oh wow, I missed that one too! Although, I did catch that some precincts had 98 percent voter turnout. But it was gone after a few hours. I guess it wasn’t that big of a deal. Like military voters who didn’t get ballots or the thousands of under $200 Obama political donations from overseas that were untraceable.
  
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dodgedart1966
Posted on December 2, 2012 at 8:13am
“You might want to tell the news folks when they are doing this”???
You think you’re that important???
You don’t really matter that much honey,

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TrUe.AmEriCaN
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 9:41pm
It is chicago for christ sakes what part of the population is not sleeping or marrying the same sex they are duping each other into criminal activities or gay marriage!………..This of course is before running off to the Oprah / Wright church and spewing hate for the white man and love for terrorists………… …………… Chicago has truely became a pathetic and sleazy state!

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Gomek
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 5:28pm
I love “thoroughfur” Don’t say it’s the Chicago accent, just a ditsy anchor who has to be the center of attention. I have strongly noticed in recent years how insanely dumbed down the news media has gotten especially AM radio. Every 10 minutes a pre-recorded message is screaming in a condescending voice about how great they are. Most times, no one is in the studio when they go to a news break and you listen to the repetitive music thinking it will come on but ends up going straight into a commercial! I could go on for years, it’s just pathetic!

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Southernsoul
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 3:51pm
Whats the big deal? Its no more made-up than the rest of the news they report.

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- chips1
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 9:27pm
  Why didn’t they just show scenes from the Mohammad movie?
  
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- TrUe.AmEriCaN
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 9:42pm
  Spot On!
  
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sarcasticus
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 3:40pm
Don’t you just love the indignation from these sock puppets over not being informed about this before hand just so they don’t look rediculous?

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HaywoodJablomie
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 1:33pm
The media worked 24/7 to dupe the American people about their leg-tingling Messiah. It’s only fair that they get duped occasionally, too.

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1911HeadBanger
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 1:04pm
This is so typical of the Lamestream Media. Don’t bother checking anything out, just assume that you know everything that’s going on and report it. Report their take and agenda on a story without knowing the consequences.

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OldSurfRat
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:05pm
Drive by media gets it wrong. NOOO WAY.

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don’t have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

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Crazy_Jake
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 11:46am
looks real from the air.. but you thinkthe pilot would here something over the scanners or something first..

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- jaswalt
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 5:49pm
  What? And corroborate a story? Such a ridiculous act is beneath them. What do you expect from the city that gave us Jerry Springer, Rod Blagojavich, Eric Holder, and Obama? Obviously your standards too high.
  
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independentvoteril
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 11:16am
all MSM does the same thing they are to lazy and cheap to hire journalists.. which is why no one watching them..just like their local papers.. no one even buys them unless they need SALES papers.. or doggie training papers.. love it when the dogs pee on Obama..lol.. always put the politicians faces on top..

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- DenverKitty
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 11:40am
  Please add my elderly cat to that. She actually picks out pictures of Obama and pees directly on his picture. I moved the papers around, but she finds Obama’s picture 3 out of every 5 times. Smart cat. LOL
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:08pm
  Kinda like when Fox News reported that the LAPD were going to but over a billion dollars worth of jetpacks, or that Obama’s trip to India was going to cost $200 million a day.
  
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- HaywoodJablomie
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 1:35pm
  Fox News never reported any such thing. If you THINK they did, you were probably duped by the mainstream media.
  
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Watchyer6
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 9:01am
C’mon- what do you expect? It’s WGN. They’re lucky if they get the Cubs score right.

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- AdamH
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 11:19am
  I didn’t know the Cubs ever scored……
  
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- DadRocked
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 12:18am
  Two fellow Cubs fans here eh? The GN comment was about right… I miss Harry Carey.
  And the Cubs not scoring sounds like a SUX or Cards fan…
  Spring is eternal….
  
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KNaggieland
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 8:48am
And this is what happens when you don’t report news for several years, you forget how to be a reporter and simple stuff like verifying the story slips past you.

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- 1947
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 9:00am
  Once again CHICAGOs finest they come Obama’s level
  
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Obamujahadeen
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 7:29am
““It’s for a show nobody watches on NBC,” Potash joked.”

That’s the entire N B SLEAZE morning noon night lineup…..shiiite nobody watches!!!

The only people watching that redundant left wing pro-gay and everything else anti civil dung are probably their freaking employees. They probably make em watch all that tripe all day long online and what not that they put out there daily, or otherwise they’d have nothing but ZEEROOOOOOS in the ratings game. ZERO.

I totally shred anyone I know or meet who rely on those people for their information about what’s supposedly going on in the world, and remarkably there’s still quite a bit out there.

How far they’ve (NBC) fallen from the Thursday Night Killer Must See Lineups with Cosby and Family Ties and Hill Street Blues and all great shows to ”left wing garbage in, left wing propa-garbage out” day in and day out.

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- Rowgue
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 2:37pm
  No kidding. NBC used to be the gold standard and everybody else were fighting for scraps. It wasn’t even close. Now NBC is a joke. I couldn’t honestly tell somebody a single quality show they’ve had since sienfeld went off the air.
  
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GuruMeditation
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 6:46am
Can the people of the USA please get our collective 5h!t together?

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KyleD
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 5:20am
I like how they blame whoever is making the TV show instead of taking responsibility themselves. All you had to say was, “We’re sorry; we jumped on this thinking it was a serious hazard for our viewers.”

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eek
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 1:12am
These guys are a bunch of clowns, but I still watch I get the weather and a few laughs.

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SnakeEyes
Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:33am
Wonder what show

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- child of God
  Posted on December 3, 2012 at 12:28pm
  The only show on NBC I can see needing a plane crash set is revolution.
  
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louise
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 10:23pm
Add your comments

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PATRIOT802
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 9:35pm
Chicago… News…. Isnt that like Military Intelligence ?
I think it’s worse.

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Al J Zira
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 8:33pm
Dammit! Haven’t I told you anything that gets put on the tel-promptor, Ron Burgundy will read!

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Tri-ox
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 8:11pm
It’s Chicago – - – Chicagoans are infamous for their gullibility.

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- jaswalt
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 6:08pm
  That’s a polite way of putting it. You’re far kinder than I am.
  
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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 7:53pm
It’s Bush’s fault

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- N37BU6
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 8:01pm
  That joke got old about 3 years ago… give it a rest, man. You only end up looking as obsessed and neurotic as the libs.
  
  There’s plenty to blame Bush for, anyway. I don’t know why you’re so upset at liberals pointing out reality, which they are capable of doing from time to time.
  
  Enjoy living under the DHS…
  
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- TIME_THE_AVENGER
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 3:39am
  We did, until 0bama’s thugs took it over. Now it’s a dangerous farce. Somewhat like you.
  
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- Baerlin
  Posted on December 1, 2012 at 12:02pm
  @N37BU6 – Libs don’t point out reality because they do not know nor do they live in reality. They lie as a way of life. Truth has long eluded them. Things like John Kerry as Sec Of Defense? Really? Who in their right mind and in what reality would come up with something like that?
  
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RedWhiteAndBlueStandForFreedom
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 7:49pm
So much for checking the fact before you gave out a report,,egg on there face….

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progressiveslayer
Posted on November 30, 2012 at 7:47pm
Are you kidding me are you kidding me? She almost sounded disappointed she couldn’t report a body count.

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- DEFCON4
  Posted on November 30, 2012 at 8:04pm
  @Slayer, She’s disappointed that she couldn’t “air” some dirty-laundry……
  ..http://youtu.be/h0xr31XbSOU
  
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