TV station Chinese Television System (CTS) has apologized for news tickers that ran on its cable news station indicating that China was attacking Taiwan on Wednesday, and blamed the blunder on a display setting error.

Among the news tickers seen at the bottom of the cable TV station’s morning news program Wednesday were: “New Taipei City hit by People’s Liberation Army ground force missiles” and “Vessel explodes in Taipei Harbor, facilities and ships destroyed.”

They also included: “On the brink of war” and “Chinese Communist Party gears up for war, [Taiwan] President declares a state of emergency.”

Responding to panic among viewers who saw the tickers, CTS said messages used as displays in a video on disaster-prevention recorded Tuesday mistakenly appeared on the screen due to a glitch in a setting.

CTS said it has apologized to the public and issued a clarification, and indicated that people responsible for the mistake would be disciplined for their negligence.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel