NEWSROOMS ARE BUSY places, so it’s understandable that a mistake is made from time to time.

Unfortunately, those mistakes are often made in front of thousands of people on live new broadcasts.

These news graphic fails demonstrate just how wrong things can go.

The time someone mixed up South Africa with South America

The Daily What The Daily What

The time someone got a little bit too honest

Hmongplus Hmongplus

The time a few letters being missing made a big statement

The Chive The Chive

The time a state’s abbreviation took on a new meaning

Newscast Studio Newscast Studio

The time someone’s brain had an actual meltdown

Media Matters Media Matters

 The time a viewer got one over on the network

The Chive The Chive

The time a lesson in writing captions made it to air

Failblog Failblog

The time a caption was just deeply ill-thought-out

Mediabistro Mediabistro

The time someone writing about education forgot how to spell education

Huffington Post Huffington Post

The time someone was just entirely wrong

Huffington Post Huffington Post

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