After WaPo's Accidental Biden Run Announcement, an Apology and Some Reaction
The ghost of Dewey Defeats Truman
Washington Post reports "Biden is running" by mistake. It's been replaced by a "whoops" alert: pic.twitter.com/41B3hyMdwC
— Rick Serrano (@RickSerranoLAT) October 20, 2015
Every prematurely published story about an as-yet-unrealized future event always comes back to the classic of the genre. The ghost of Dewey Defeats Truman was resurrected once more after the Washington Post published a story announcing that Vice President Joe Biden was launching a campaign for the presidential nomination, an event that has not and may never occur.
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