NY Post Goes Retro in Remembrance of JFK

The New York Post has gone back in time — exactly 50 years ago today — in remembrance of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The paper also details how it reported the tragic news back then.

The Post was all set to publish that day, when about 15 minutes after the shooting, a press foreman came rushing into the newsroom, asking when the front page would be remade. When asked why, he replied, “Because the president’s been shot.”

The front page ended up being remade, but not without a mistake.

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