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Fake News 1968 Style
Don’t think that “Fake News” is solely President Trump’s domain. Oh no….
As we listen in to this weeks phone call, you’ll hear TITP fave President Lyndon B. Johnson bitching about news coverage - even suggesting that a reporter be taken out and shot at one point.
Granted, Johnson was having a pretty tough week. This phone call, taken from February 5, 1968, was recorded during a time when Johnson was under a bit of stress.
Just a few weeks prior, the USS Pueblo, and all it’s crew, were captured in the waters off North Korea (yean, that North Korea) and accused of spying. Then, just a few days before this phone call, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, immediately dismissing any notion that the end of the war was anywhere near.
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By Scott Calonico & Harmon LeonDon’t think that “Fake News” is solely President Trump’s domain. Oh no….
As we listen in to this weeks phone call, you’ll hear TITP fave President Lyndon B. Johnson bitching about news coverage - even suggesting that a reporter be taken out and shot at one point.
Granted, Johnson was having a pretty tough week. This phone call, taken from February 5, 1968, was recorded during a time when Johnson was under a bit of stress.
Just a few weeks prior, the USS Pueblo, and all it’s crew, were captured in the waters off North Korea (yean, that North Korea) and accused of spying. Then, just a few days before this phone call, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, immediately dismissing any notion that the end of the war was anywhere near.
This episode is brought to you in part by Blinkist.
Blinkist is the only app that takes thousands of the best-selling nonfiction books anddistils them down to their most impactful elements, so you can read or listen to them inunder 15 minutes, all on your phone.
Get started with a FREE seven day trial. along with a 25% discount, for Blinkist today, by clicking here!
And last, but not least, this episode is also sponsored by Words Over Chair Productions and Comedy History 101.
Like This is the President? Why not subscribe to the podcast over at iTunes! Hey - and while you’re there, leave us a comment or rate us! Don’t cost nothing!