Cutting Class

133 – Fake News: Dewey Defeats Truman!


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We’ve all seen that famous photograph of Harry Truman holding up the newspaper declaring his defeat. Nowadays people have very little idea of who this “Dewey” guy even was. So what made it seem so obvious that he would win? Joe gives us the lowdown on this famous historical photo and the “obvious outcome” that was supposed to be the 1948 election after FDR died.Sources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21



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Cutting ClassBy Jess and Joe