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Ep 5 – Ham on Half

Let's Start a Coup!

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The Art Committee's Investigation of General Butler

Hearst wasn't alone in his opposition to Roosevelt, or a sympathy for fascism. Henry Luce, the publisher of big newsstand titles like Fortune in Time, was also a Mussolini man. In 1934, Fortune devoted an entire issue to a puffed, peace-soft portrait of life in Mussolini's Italy. Observers called Luce's foreign affairs editor a time an outright pro-fascist who slanted and perverted the news on a weekly basis. The New York Times, which had a reputation for remaining above the partisan fray, was at best inconsistent with stand-sound fascism.

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