"Mister Sulzberger? I Have President Dewey On The Line."

Jan 19, 2010

By Patrick.

Congratulations to Boston's excellent independent newspaper, the Boston Phoenix, for catching this.

(The Boston Globe is a wholly owned subsidiary of the New York Times Company.)

5 Comments

Brian Dunbar • Jan 19, 2010 @12:50 pm

They really should change the name of their paper to Boston Democrat-Globe
patrickkelley • Jan 19, 2010 @4:06 pm

Wow, they even reported 100% of precincts reporting with exact voting percentages. What were they thinking? Going by their own polls and just having it ready to get out as quick as possible would be the most benign explanation. Surely to God they didn't actually publish this. Did they?
DMS • Jan 19, 2010 @4:16 pm

They claim a test newsfeed from AP activated their program that generates these graphics (or sumthin'), so if this explanation is true (and why not I gues) they are AP's dodgy mockup data not theirs. But it did get published; I've seen a few screengrabs in different places. Major screw-up.
Chris • Jan 20, 2010 @8:35 am

Major companies news feeds and the systems that they drive are far more fragile than you might expect.
Man-Palin • Jan 20, 2010 @9:23 am

Nothing can stop my glorious ascension into the Senate. Nothing.