WOOPS! Fox News accidently displays graphic of a DEAD Ruth Bader Ginsburg! [VIDEO]

Fox News mistakenly aired a graphic this morning showing that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died…even though she hasn’t.

Here’s the video:

Here’s a screenshot in case you missed it:

Yikes! That should have never happened and I’m sure someone got yelled at for letting that get on-air.

Of course we all know that news companies prepare in advance for unhappy situations, especially with older celebrities, so they can be johnny-on-the-spot when something unfortunate happens.

But the fact that this got into production at Fox News is something you rarely see, and here’s how it apparently happened:

So how did this package make air? Someone familiar with the details of the mistake tells Mediaite “The graphics team incorrectly assigned the obit to a Nexio number that was designated for an existing Fox & Friends animation Trouble with Schools.” Nexio is a digital communications and technology platform that many television control rooms use to manage visual assets and graphics packages.

Mediaite’s source tells us “The Technical Director dialed up that existing number expecting it to be the Fox & Friends animation and when he triggered it, the wrong animation ran on air.”

So there you have it. This mistake was not the result of Fox & Friends opinion programming, nor was it some sort of wishful thinking as some on social media have unfairly claimed. It was a technical gaffe that landed on Fox News morning show, who handled the mistake as quickly and gracefully as one could expect.

I think we all knew it was probably a technical gaffe, but that there’s a little insight into how it happened. I’m sure Fox News wishes they can get this one back…