Our Apologies for Erroneous Headline

Carbolic Smoke Ball apologizes to its readers for the erroneous headline we printed late yesterday that proclaimed former New York Governor Thomas Dewey the winner over Illinois Senator Barack Obama in the presidential election.  We do not now how this occurred, given that the election does not occur until today, and that Gov. Dewey has been dead for 37 years.

When we make an error of this magnitude, we usually laugh about it, then high-five the reporter and editor who blew it. And that’s just what we’ve done.

Sen. Obama took glee in highlighting our blunder, and we don’t blame him. We figure we had it coming.

While the error was an understandable one that any newspaper could make, we nevertheless pledge to work harder to “get it right” from now on.

Nov 4

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