Before the election, Newsweek was so confident in a Hillary Clinton victory that they had 125,000 commemorative “Madam President” copies printed up. Those magazines ended up being recalled after Trump’s win, and the editor explained what happened:
Newsweek editor: We didn't read the "Madam President" issue before publishing https://t.co/vTUxjNalED pic.twitter.com/f6HPZ7lvDm
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 1, 2016
.@Newsweek didn’t even read the contents of its throne-sniffing ‘Madam President’ edition –TCT #Tucker @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/B1jqwN3A5s
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 1, 2016
How could that be?
Newsweek political editor Matthew Cooper said Wednesday on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that the magazine’s issue, which incorrectly anticipated a Hillary Clinton win, was not produced by Newsweek but by a third party.
“Well, no one on our staff wrote that,” Cooper said. “Again, we subcontract out to a company.”
Host Tucker Carlson asked why the issue was sent out to newsstands after having been proofread by Newsweek editors.
“Well, we didn’t, and that’s part of the problem,” Cooper said.
In that case:
Confirmed: nobody reads Newsweek. https://t.co/7WtCv49Q9q
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) December 1, 2016
Ouch!
– that is sad on many levels. They didn't write it, either. Media business is being exposed on so many levels now. They deceive.
— Tim O'Brien (@Timobns) December 1, 2016
Sort of like the health care bill ..they need to read their own propaganda
— rnmomof7 (@rnmomof7) December 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/JHB12Three/status/804409377256042496
Just like the @TheDemocrats didn't read #ACA before they unilaterally passed it.
Still not doing their homework. https://t.co/xaPuB5bQE9— Millennial Mom (@Wordsmiter) December 1, 2016
For anybody still triggered by Hillary’s loss, Newsweek has offered dispatches from an alternate universe where she won the election, though we’re not sure if anybody from the magazine has actually read them.
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