New Mexico Sun News: 'Obama Wins!'

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By Josh Hart Oct 27, 2008

Cancel the vote, it is over. The New Mexico Sun News has declared, Obama wins! Is this the newspaper John McCain will hold if he pulls off the big upset in what would be a modern day Dewey Beats Truman moment? Perhaps the paper will be a collector's item as the Chicago Tribune was after their premature deceleration in the Dewey vs. Truman race.

New Mexico Sun News: 'Obama Wins!' (Image: Wenn)

Dewey Defeats Truman was a famously incorrect banner headline on the front page of the first edition of the Chicago Tribune on November 3, 1948. President Harry S. Truman, who had been expected to lose to Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential race, won the election, according to a Wiki entry.

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The entry notes, "A delighted Truman was photographed at St. Louis Union Station holding a copy of his premature political obituary. Only a few hundred copies of the paper were published before the Tribune issued a second edition that backed off from proclaiming a winner. The headline is a cautionary tale for journalists about the dangers of being first to break a story without being certain of its accuracy."

The New Mexico Sun News is a bi-monthy paper according to a report from CNN.

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