
Part Two: How the First Fitness Influencer Doomed Us All
Behind the Bastards
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Bernard Mc Fadden, a Fitness Nut
In 19 31, bernard mc fadden bought an existing magazine called liberty. He immediately starts writing editorial columns for this on topics as broad as organized crime and the importance of returning americans to farming. In 19 32, in the midst of the great depression, he backs franklin dellano roosevelt's run for president. As liberty's publisher, he had the magazine sponsor a medical examination of roosevelt by several doctors. The biggest doubt about the roosevelt campaign vanished almost overnight.
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