Chicago News Station Confuses Pyeongchang with P.F. Chang's (PHOTO)

Attention: P.F. Chang's is not hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics. The host is Pyeongchang.
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On Saturday, Chicago-based news anchor Mark Rivera was broadcasting a report on the political aspects of the Olympic games in South Korea when an eyebrow-raising graphic appeared alongside him.

According to the graphic, it's not Pyeongchang 2018 — it's PF Chang's 2018. But that wasn't the only error that netizens zeroed in on. See anything off about those Olympic rings?

*cue the nightmarish venn diagram*

​Some even speculated that the 2020 Olympics would be held at *drum roll please* the Waffle House.

​By the time Sunday rolled around, PF Chang's had cleared the air with its announcement that they were, indeed, not hosting the Olympics. *gasp*

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"Contrary to this broadcast, we're not hosting the games," the restaurant chain said via Twitter, possibly breaking hearts just before Valentine's Day.

A spokesperson for the ABC station later released a statement to the Chicago Tribune on Monday that indicated the error was "the result of a mix-up." As the story goes, the graphic was actually from a Friday "satirical piece" by sports anchor Mark Giangreco who was encouraging viewers to create their own Olympic sports. The station has apologized for the snafu.

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