Microsoft Surface loses on election night as CNN commentators use it as iPad kickstand

Poor Microsoft. They just can't catch a break when it comes to their live-on-air, TV promotional campaigns for the Surface. First there was the widely-mocked giant Surfaces that surfaced showed up in a redesigned Fox News newsroom. Then we all had to hear NFL sportscasters describing the Surfaces being used on the field in cringeworthy fashion as "iPad-like tools." But perhaps the worst slight came last night when CNN commentators discussing the 2014 US mid-term elections were caught using their Surfaces as stands for completely different tablets (probably iPads). After all these marketing mishaps, maybe Microsoft should consider bringing back its Surface break dancers.

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