Boston Globe Posts Map Declares Coakley Winner… 10 Hours Before Polls Close

You expect something like this in Venezuela, not in Boston.
The Boston Globe jumped the gun and declared Martha Coakley the winner in today’s election…
About 10 hours before the polls closed.

The Boston Herald reported on the Globe misstep:

In a premature online Dewey beats Truman moment, boston.com today posted an online map of Massachusetts voting results declaring Attorney General Martha Coakley the winner of today’s special U.S. Senate election.

There’s only one problem, guys – the polls are open until 8 p.m.

“It was a test on a tool and it meant nothing. I don’t know how these things happen,” said the executive assistant to the editor of boston.com. The editor, David Beard, has yet to return a call to the Herald.

The boston.com map called the race for Coakley 50 percent to state Sen. Scott Brown’s 49 percent. Independent Joseph L. Kennedy, no relation to the Kennedy clan, comes in last with a mere 1 percent.

Ouch.

The bogus map shows Coakley capturing most of eastern Massachusetts all the way to the tip of Cape Cod.

Brown was big, in the Globe’s wish map, taking the North Shore.

The map is now down – at least until the real results come in after 8 p.m.

1. 

   #1 January 19, 2010 at 3:53 pm

   Tom63010 commented:

   I guess it was just my imagination, once again, running away with me.

   WISHFUL THINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. 

   #2 January 19, 2010 at 4:08 pm

   BurmaShave commented:

   Maybe the Boston Globe is announcing that the fix is in.

3. 

   #3 January 19, 2010 at 4:17 pm

   bg commented:

   ++

   sorry, didn’t see this before posting..

   just posted about that in the post above this one..

   more here..

   ==

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   #4 January 19, 2010 at 4:26 pm

   BurmaShave commented:

   Of course, this extremely premature announcement smells fishy, but at least the following line sounds reasonable:

   “Independent Joseph L. Kennedy, no relation to the Kennedy clan, comes in last with a mere 1 percent.”

   What is interesting about this is that last week, when Scott Brown was surging to a tie in most reputable polls, the Boston Globe announced their own poll:

   Martha Coakley 50%
   Scott Brown 35%
   Joe Kennedy 5%
   Undecided 10%

   Things fishy:
   All numbers divisible by 5. (How did the Globe get their data? Ask 20 people hanging around in the street in front of their office?)
   Globe shows Martha much farther ahead of Brown than all of the other polls. (Well, who would not expect the Globe to manipulate the “news” to fit their agenda/advocacy?)
   Joe Kennedy has 5%!?! Less that 5% of the state even knows that Joe Kennedy is even running!!! Fraud! Tilt! Fraud! Boston Globe as usual!

   As usual Boston Globe confirms that it is not trustworthy.

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   #5 January 19, 2010 at 4:34 pm

   listingstarboard commented:

   Well Zogby must have thought it was real–he predicted Coakley to win by ONE POINT first thing this morning. Do they know something we don’t?

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   #7 January 19, 2010 at 5:39 pm

   ogee commented:

   I guess they were testing what their scam would look like in case they needed to alter it more in their favor. This is totally unacceptable. The people have spoken and the majority want Brown. There are only 35% Dems in MA and reminder are 45% Indies and 20% Republicans. so Brown should get 70% of the vote at least!!!!!!
   MA is no longer a Blue state!