Between a possibly staged post-election hike and popping champagne before the votes were tallied on Tuesday, this might be the worst story we’ve heard about Hillary Clinton assuming that she’d win the White House.
The former Secretary of State had a photo taken the day before the election, personally autographing copies of Newsweek’s “Madam President” issue for a fan.
Arrogant much?
Newsweek Had Printed Their 'Madam President' Covers Before the Election Even Happened https://t.co/zUefUxj0Fo pic.twitter.com/hJn0uxSzMX
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) November 9, 2016
Newsweek had thought Clinton would win, and advanced the print of 125,000 commemorative copies of their next issue.
Like so many organizations, journalists, and pundits – they got it wrong.
“Like everybody else, we got it wrong,” Tony Romando, the chief executive of Newsweek’s production partner, said in a statement. “All wholesalers and retailers have been asked to return any issues they have as we need to clear room for the President Trump issue. We expect it to sell very well as there is obviously a great demand.”
We’d be a little sad if it wasn’t so presumptuous.
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