Kristi Leigh interviews Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake for American Faith.
QUICK FACTS:
- Phoenix, Arizona’s KSAZ-TV, Channel 10, aired a graphic calling the state’s 2022 gubernatorial election in favor of Democratic candidate and current Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs a full 12 days before the election.
- The fake numbers, which PolitiFact said were “randomly generated mock election results released by The Associated Press as part of a system test,” showed Hobbs defeating Republican opponent Kari Lake by six percentage points.
- FOX 10 decided to run the graphic on live TV despite the station’s own reporting recently showing Lake beating Hobbs by 11 points.
- Veteran news anchor Kristi Leigh interviewed Lake on behalf of American Faith, asking the Republican candidate for her take on the FOX affiliate’s broadcasting of a photo of Hobbs next to the figure “53%” and a checkmark, and a photo of Lake next to the figure “47%.”