OOPS of the night

By: Mia Rabson Posted: 8:10 PM CDT Monday, May. 2, 2011 Last Modified: 9:47 PM CDT Monday, May. 2, 2011

Everyone and their dog have reported all day that we cannot tweet, report, breathe or send by carrier pigeon the election results until the polls have closed in British Columbia.

Read this article for free:

or

Already have an account? Log in here »

To continue reading, please subscribe:

*No charge for 4 weeks then price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.

*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.

Everyone and their dog have reported all day that we cannot tweet, report, breathe or send by carrier pigeon the election results until the polls have closed in British Columbia.

Read unlimited articles for free today:

or

Already have an account? Log in here »

Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 02/05/2011 (5328 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Everyone and their dog have reported all day that we cannot tweet, report, breathe or send by carrier pigeon the election results until the polls have closed in British Columbia.

But at 9 p.m. eastern time the CBC newsworld began broadcasting results from Atlantic Canada across the country.

Within five minutes they had yanked the broadcast off the air saying they were experiencing technical difficulties. It came back on briefly again then went out again.

CBC displayed a "technical difficulties" message after briefly showing live results earlier than allowed Monday night.

They are allowed to broadcast the results in the Atlantic region where the polls have closed but have to black it out to areas where the polls have not. Like everywhere else in Canada.

The fallout from this could be pretty harsh. When the nation’s public broadcaster screws up this badly, the proverbial excrement is going to hit the fan.