There is a scene in Citizen Kane where they are at the printing press deciding which headline to run for the next day after the election in which Kane appears to have lost by a landslide because of the scandal with the singer. Instead of "Kane Elected!" they are forced to run "Fraud At The Polls!"

There is a sci-fi movie that does a homage of this scene after an alien invasion. The printing press operators are trying to decide which headline to run: "World Ends!" or "World Saved!"