Fox News ‘Obama Bin Laden Dead’ Typo Causes Twitter Backlash

It isn’t the first time this has happened.

And when the world is buzzing with the news of the death of Osama Bin Laden, mistakes can easily be made as reporters look to rush out updates and exclusives.

But when your headline mixes up the names of Osama Bin Laden with President Obama, and you’re Fox News, eyebrows are raised, tongues start to wag, and tweets start to fall.

Yep. Fox Nows’ Sacramento affiliate Fox40 News actually put this out last night.

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