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President’s barb on columnists stirs tongue in cheek
In a spoofing tirade, a speaker bristles at President Truman calling columnists mere reporters lacking facts. He boasts of “digging up thousands of facts” and lists quirky, nonsensical items about New York, calendars, and public figures to mock the fad of fact criticism while declaring strong stance against biased columns.
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Prince Albert
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Dewey
Eisenhower
Willie May
Taft
Stassen
Warren
MacArthur
Bricker
Martin
United States
Mr. Truman
New York
Manhattan Island
Mac
Nathaniel P. Banks
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Empire State Building
Glover
Rhodesia
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Walter N. Rothschild
Bronx Zoo
Central Park