A television news anchor has committed a blunder on air by referring to a college basketball team as ‘Sex Tournament’ winners.
A local TV station in Birmingham, Alabama, made an on-air blunder earlier this week, dubbing the men’s college basketball team as “sex tournament” winners, reports Fox News.
In a screenshot captured by eagle-eyed viewers and shared on Twitter, CBS 42’s chyron read, “Auburn Wins Sex Tournament.”
The media outlet surely meant to write “SEC Tournament” in reference to the Auburn Tigers’ win on Sunday over the Tennessee Volunteers.
In a statement on Monday, CBS 42 Vice President and General Manager Jimmy Cromwell told AL.com: “If we had a typo on the air, it is being addressed internally.”
Following the mistake, social media users were quick to point out that the letters “x” and “c” are right next to each other on the QWERTY keyboard.
“About the Auburn Sex Champions: I produced newscasts for 4 years and I typed “SEX” while trying to type “SEC” so many times. The letters are right next to each other. Anyway, this was my nightmare, realized on a Monday morning. I will gladly buy that producer a beer,” one individual wrote.
Another tweeted: “The number of times in my three years in Auburn that I have typed out “SEX” while trying to type out “SEC” is too high to count. I’m just glad I’ve never put it on the page.”
Meanwhile, other Twitter users congratulated the team, even if it wasn’t quite clear if they noticed the mistake or not.
“Congratulations to Auburn,” one person wrote.
“Geez. Congratulations Auburn!” tweeted another individual.
Source: Fox News
lolzz..funny enough
no one is above mistake. ….
Congratulations to you
Wow! Nice one
Wow! Nice one..great
what a costly mistake
Ahhh We now know wetin you dey think niii….. which one is “Sex tournament” again
Everyone makes mistakes but this is a national mistake oo
terrible mistake
Should he be punished??
This mistake happens a lot
hahaha…bit the mistake is easy to understand
Very funny but Mistakes happen.
Njepu Chinenye Calista
Weather it was a mistake or not… The fact remains DAT they won…congratulations to them
Lol.. Funny stuff
people make mistakes… don’t know why people are quick to point them out
it was a mistake that anyone could have made even the media is not exempted.
What was he thinking … hmmm
I guess it was a mistake..
Dibia Esther
Congratulation to them
Are you serious … his mind should be there next time
It’s a blunder ,but yet they are still champions
So embarrassing
I congratulate them
What an expensive mistake
That man is really silly
What a crazy mistake
It just a mistake
Seriously
It’s a mistake
Lol, what a silly mistake
He make a bad mistake
we termed it a mistake’ so why then are we making big deal of it
It’s a mistake anyone can make.
So careless of her
what a big mistake??
Absurd
So very unprofessional
That’s too bad
Mistake indeed
Mistake that has to be checked
It is well
that’s a careless mistake….
Nobody is above mistake
What a very big mistake
This mistake is so expensive
What a mistake
Jeez!!! What kind of mistake is this?
it’s obviously a mistake,no one is above mistake
This was a clear mistake
That’s really an expensive mistake.
He might lose his job
Big blunder