Newsweek and a partner that prints up special commemorative issues has been forced into an embarrassing recall, after it sent out 125,000 copies of its Madam President issue designed to celebrate Hillary Clinton’s win.

Although Topix Media had also prepared a Donald Trump version it thought it was safe to dispatch only the version detailing “Hillary Clinton’s historic journey to the White House,” as the cover put it.

“Like everybody else, we got it wrong,” Tony Romando, chief executive of Topix Media, told The New York Post.

The edition appeared on shelves Tuesday but was hastily withdrawn. “All wholesalers and retailers have been asked to return any issues they have as we need to clear room for (150,000 copies of) the President Trump issue,” said Romando. “We expect it to sell very well as there is obviously a great demand.”

He said only 17 copies were sold. The front cover went viral as soon as it was publicized, with some Trump supporters — apparently oblivious to the alternative version — claiming it showed collusion between the mainstream media and the Clinton campaign.

Clinton was even spotted signing a copy at an eve of election event in Pittsburgh.

Trump’s shock win stunned even the network news journalists as they grappled with vote tallies late Tuesday night.

America’s leading professional association of pollsters has launched an inquiry into how they could predict the result so wrong.

The final polls gave Clinton lead of about 4 percentage points on average, while state by state analyses suggested she was on course to sweep the electoral college. She is on course to edge the popular vote by just 0.2 percent but lost crucial swing states such as Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania.

Newsweek’s jumping of the gun echoes the infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline on the front page of the Chicago Daily Tribune on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent President Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over Republican challenger and Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey in the presidential election.

《新闻周刊》与印制特别纪念期刊的合作方被迫尴尬召回已发行的12.5万份庆祝希拉里获胜的“女总统”特刊。

虽然Topix传媒也准备了特朗普获胜的版本，但他们还是认为只发行内容为“希拉里入主白宫的历史性旅程”的“女总统”版本也不会有失。

Topix传媒首席执行官托尼•罗曼多对《纽约邮报》表示，“和其他人一样，我们搞错了”。

该版本8日上架，但已被匆忙撤回。

罗曼多称：“我们已经要求所有的批发、零售商将这期杂志全部退回，为15万份“特朗普总统”特刊腾出上架空间。我们预计这期的销量很不错，因为显然有很大的读者需求。”他称“女总统”特刊只卖了17份。这版正面封面一经发布便迅速走红网络，一些显然无视发行方制作了两个版本的特朗普支持者称，这说明了主流媒体和希拉里竞选团队互相勾结。

有人看到希拉里在大选日前夕在匹兹堡给一份“女总统”特刊签名。

就连全国性新闻网的记者在得知8日晚的投票结果后，也为特朗普出人意料的胜利感到震惊。

美国领头的民调机构协会发起了一项调查想弄明白为何他们错得如此彻底。

最终民调结果显示，希拉里的支持率平均领先4个百分点。而对各州的分析表明，她将包揽选举人团选票。事实是，希拉里仅能获得0.2%的选票优势，但失去了关键摇摆州，如俄亥俄，佛罗里达和宾夕法尼亚。

《新闻周刊》此次“抢跑”是不光彩的“杜威击败杜鲁门”头条事件的重演，那是1948年11月3日的《芝加哥论坛报》的头版头条，此前一天，时任美国总统的哈里?S?杜鲁门在大选中意外击败共和党对手、纽约州州长托马斯•E•杜威。

(Chinadaily.com.cn)

    Words to Learn 相关词汇

   【勾结】gōujié collusion secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose, conspiracy

    【摇摆州】yáobǎizhōu swing state a state in which no single candidate or party has overwhelming support in securing the state’s electoral college votes