Posted on 12/01/2016 12:12:48 PM PST by rhett october
Hillary Clinton supporters can still live a part of their dream if they so choose. Once they decide to stop protesting, they can hop online and order a commemorative edition of Newsweek that was going to be released if the former secretary of state won the presidential election.
Pictures of the recalled issue feature a photo of Clinton with the title “Madam President.” The issue was leaked before the November 8th election which led for some to decry it as evidence of a rigged system. Newsweek quickly explained itself, stating that the issue was published under a Newsweek license by Topix Media. Newsweek posted on Twitter that a “President Trump” issue was also designed.
The “Madam President” edition was quickly recalled following Trump’s win, but copies of it are for sale on eBay and at least one is fetching bids of $200.
Newsweek editor-in-chief Jim Impoco said he was surprised by the cover when he saw it on social media. During an interview on the Media Masters podcast released Thursday, Impoco described the cover as a “routine” action of the publishing industry in the event that a result could go one of multiple ways.
“Yet in this toxic brew of electoral politics in America, it became a thing, it went viral,” Impoco said.
“I actually preferred the ‘it’s rigged’ argument to the ‘boy are they dumb’ argument,” he said.
According to Topix Media, only 17 of the 125,000 “Madam President” issues were sold before they were recalled.
Think of how much one would be worth in a few years if it is autographed by Trump? The ultimate flip off to the Left.
What I mean is that as bad as Obama has been, one bad President can only accomplish so much. America is on life support. Hillary would have finished us off.
“There’s way more than 17 available on Ebay. A fool and his money.”
Not necessarily, some sellers list the same item multiple times, with different end times to maximize exposure and interest.
I paid $130.00 for a copy, and have been offered $250.00 for it by lib friends....
I still have my copy.
“NBC News found 387 offers for the recalled issue Wednesday evening just on eBay. Many of them offered multiple copies for sale.”
There are some that are wall posters of the cover of the magazine, selling for $100.00, not the magazine itself.
Then the sellers, who list the same magazine 5 times, trying to get the most I guess.
Others are ‘damaged’ copies, meaning the copies where the covers were sliced after the recall. These sell for significantly less.
I purchased mine two days after the election, and it’s sealed and flawless. ($130.00).
Make sure you read the item description and pay attention to the seller’s feedback score. If it’s less than 95%, I look for a better seller!
“That’s probably Hillary selling those.”
I’d like to have the copy she signed on election day. She was photographed signing it...
Thanks. However, I am not really interested in getting one. I was actually putting that out there for others how might have an interest that what they are getting are at best very questionable or outright not legit.
“I purchased mine two days after the election, and it’s sealed and flawless. ($130.00).”
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Lucky you——I’m jealous.
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“I’d like to have the copy she signed...”
Me too. A collector’s item is still a collector’s item.
Tucker Carlson interviewed one of the editors of Newsweek regarding this edition. When confronted about the unbelievably biased content of the “Madam President” edition of the magazine, the editor stated that Newsweek writers didn’t write the magazine, and their editors did not review it before it was mistakenly sent out to stores. Instead, they contracted out this edition to some other company, who wrote and distributed the magazine. That being the case, if Newsweek writers don’t write the magazine, and Newsweek editors don’t edit the magazine, what exactly does the staff of Newsweek do?
When I first heard about the “Madam President” issue I looked them up on eBay, and then looked up “Dewey Defeats Truman.” There are a few Truman ones for sale in the 2 to 3 thousand dollar range.
I would sell it now. It's not going to rise in value.
“I would sell it now. It’s not going to rise in value.”
eBay’s bid trends would suggest your hypothesis is flawed.
Besides which, it was not purchased to sell. It was purchased to forever torment my liberal friends, or liberals my wife chooses to associate with who I do not consider friends.
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