A Newsweek editor admitted Wednesday that he and other staffers didn’t actually read their recalled commemorative “Madam President” election issue before it was published.
Newsweek political editor Matthew Cooper said Wednesday on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that the magazine’s issue, which incorrectly anticipated a Hillary Clinton win, was not produced by Newsweek but by a third party.
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“Well, no one on our staff wrote that,” Cooper said. “Again, we subcontract out to a company.”
Host Tucker Carlson asked why the issue was sent out to newsstands after having been proofread by Newsweek editors.
“Well, we didn’t, and that’s part of the problem,” Cooper said.
A company called Topix Media Lab put together the issue, according to NBC News. The company also produced Newsweek’s “President Trump” issue, which was sent out after the “Madam President” issue was recalled by Newsweek.
Cooper said it was “pretty common in the magazine industry” to subcontract special edition issues.
