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TV station shows A-Rod graphic instead of Nelson Mandela

December 5, 2013 by Larry Brown • Comments
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A-Rod Nelson Mandela

A-Rod Nelson Mandela

How’s this for an epic blunder? WDIV-TV in Detroit was preparing to do a feature honoring Nelson Mandela, but they showed a graphic of Alex Rodriguez instead.

Why does it always seem like A-Rod is involved when it comes to blunders of this nature? The guy is a part of controversies without even doing anything.

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H/T Awful Announcing

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