Gillen beats D'Esposito?

There have been memorable news media mistakes in the past:

There was Newsweek's "Madam President," with a photograph of Democrat Hillary Clinton as the winner of the 2016 presidential election. Of course,  Republican Donald Trump won.


The Newsweek editor insisted that the magazine was not declaring her the winner but had printed alternative editions. Somehow, 125,000 copies of the erroneous edition were distributed.

Of course there is the old Chicago Tribune banner headline from the 1948 presidential election declaring Republican Thomas Dewey the winner over Democrat Harry Truman. Another error. Truman won.


And now the online news site City & State apparently issued its own gaffe yesterday when it posted a list of New York's 100 most powerful women.

A sharp-shooter took a screenshot of this:

 

Of course, Republican Hempstead Town Board member Anthony D'Esposito defeated former Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen, a Democrat, by about 10,000 votes.

Unlike past printed errors, online posts can be edited as though they never happened. Maybe it happened. Maybe it didn't.

Gillen is not currently listed as one of the New York's top 100 powerful women.

City & State issued a somewhat embarrassing list last year.

On the day before last year's elections, the online magazine posted its list of Long Island's "Power 100" -- Long Island's most influential people.

Number Two on its list was Democrat  County Executive Laura Curran, who was seeking re-election.

Number Three was Democrat State Senator Todd Kaminsky, who was running for Nassau's District Attorney.

The next day both lost their elections.

On that same list, City & State rated Nassau Republican Chairman Joe Cairo  as 30th among Long Island's most powerful.

City & State issued this year's list of most politically powerful Long Islanders again on the day before the election. This time it moved Cairo up to number 27.

The next day Cairo's Republican organization flipped Nassau's two Democratic Congressional seats from Democrat to Republican, defeated two incumbent Democratic state senators with two  Republicans, elected another Republican to fill the now-vacant Kaminsky state senate seat, and replaced Democratic Assemb. Judy Griffin of Rockville Centre, with former Republican Assemb. Brian Curran. 

But Cairo was only No. 27.

Nassau Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs was listed as No. 9. Although Jacobs lost ground on Long Island in last week's elections, he won the top race with Democrat Kathy Hochul defeating Republican Lee Zeldin, who had been heavily supported financially by Cairo.

Who did City & State list as the most powerful Long Islander? Term-limited Democrat Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, for the second year in a row. 


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