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**"GLITCH IN THE MATRIX": GAYLE KING’S INTERVIEW CLOCK REVERSES MID-AIR, SPARKING CONSPIRACY THEORIES**
**LOS ANGELES, CA** – A bizarre technical anomaly during a live *CBS Mornings* segment has left viewers and data analysts stunned, with some claiming they witnessed a genuine "glitch in the matrix." During a seemingly routine interview with author James McBride on Tuesday, the digital clock on the set’s TelePrompTer inexplicably began counting **backward**—from 8:47 AM to 8:46 AM—while Gayle King maintained a flawless, uninterrupted line of questioning.
Viewers on X (formerly Twitter) immediately captured the moment. "Her lips didn't skip a beat, but the numbers reversed. That’s not buffering. That’s a time-scramble," posted one user, whose clip has amassed 2.3 million views.
Data forensics analysts have since weighed in. "In my 15 years of broadcast engineering, I’ve seen frame drops, audio de-syncs, and even AI-generated overlays. I have never—ever—seen a linear timecode reverse spontaneously without manual intervention," said a source who requested anonymity. "It’s as if the system momentarily forgot which direction entropy goes."
But the coincidence doesn't end there. **King’s guest, James McBride, was discussing a chapter in his new book about the "unreliable nature of time in personal memory."** At the exact second the clock reversed, he said the word "rewind."
CBS has dismissed the event as a "momentary software glitch," but the internet is not buying it. Conspiracy theorists are suggesting everything from subliminal time-dilation experiments to a "quantum entanglement" between King and her digital environment.
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