Current Events > Newspapers really printed that Hillary Clinton won ?!

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UIti
12/09/19 6:06:47 PM
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https://i.imgur.com/U11hMqN.jpg

I guess they were pretty confident. Just goes to show these polls mean nothing
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Serious Cat
12/09/19 6:08:54 PM
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Looks like a mockup with blank spaces left for electoral votes even.

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Ultima Dragon
12/09/19 6:10:02 PM
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They probably had both ready to go tbh.

What wasn't "ready to go" evidently, was Hillary's concession speech.. lol.

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TheMikh
12/09/19 6:10:25 PM
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iirc a version, or at least a template of a sort, for each candidate's victory is prepared in advance so that the article is ready the moment the news breaks

similar to shirts for teams that lose the super bowl

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XxKrazyChaosxX
12/09/19 6:25:41 PM
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They used it to stuff the boxes of t-shirts that they send to third world countries for whatever team didn't win the Super Bowl.

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darkphoenix181
12/09/19 6:31:22 PM
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TheMikh posted...
iirc a version, or at least a template of a sort, for each candidate's victory is prepared in advance so that the article is ready the moment the news breaks

similar to shirts for teams that lose the super bowl

This is a myth.

Vox tells us

https://www.vox.com/presidential-election/2016/11/9/13572686/donald-trump-front-page-us-newspapers
And perhaps the most eerie front page goes to the Birmingham News, which had pre-written and laid out its front page anticipating a Hillary Clinton win:

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cmiller4642
12/09/19 6:32:59 PM
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Literally happens in every single election

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Zikten
12/09/19 6:35:56 PM
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this happened famously like 100 years ago or something. One time a guy got elected and at his swearing in, held up a paper proclaiming his enemy won, with a big grin. there is a famous photo of it
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andel
12/09/19 6:36:53 PM
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the polls were consistently p accurate for the most part. hillary won the popular vote by 3 million

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crowkillers
12/09/19 6:38:14 PM
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Newsweek printed up an issue called "Madam President" that had to be recalled..

https://www.ebay.com/i/183787799419
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Correct_Facts
12/09/19 6:38:34 PM
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Zikten posted...
this happened famously like 100 years ago or something. One time a guy got elected and at his swearing in, held up a paper proclaiming his enemy won, with a big grin. there is a famous photo of it
That fact that you don't know who it was, or can't even be bothered to look it up for this post, is troublesome and a depressing example of the work ethic of a millennial.
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MC_BatCommander
12/09/19 6:39:11 PM
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They probably have all this shit ready to go for each candidate winning, that way they can have it ready to go next day

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XXmiznatorXX
12/09/19 6:40:37 PM
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Umm they been doing this for years. Theres a famous pic of Harry Truman holding up a newspaper that said Dewey Beats Truman.

I remember seeing headlines a day before the election with this on it.
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darkphoenix181
12/09/19 6:42:37 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
They probably have all this shit ready to go for each candidate winning, that way they can have it ready to go next day

According to vox it was out of the ordinary or bizarre, and thus not a standard thing.
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Ethosian
12/09/19 6:43:54 PM
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Is it 2017 again? Man, TC is really shook, what with all his Trump reassurance topics
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Tired-Insomniac
12/09/19 6:45:19 PM
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cmiller4642 posted...
Literally happens in every single election


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