President Harry S. Truman happily displays a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune with its famous erroneous headline, "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN," following his historic upset victory in the 1948 presidential election.
Due to an early morning print deadline and a labor strike, the Tribune relied on early projections and went to press before complete election tallies proved the polls wrong.
Incumbent Democrat Harry S. Truman defeated Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey, securing one of the greatest and most surprising comebacks in American political history.
Photographed at St. Louis Union Station on November 4, 1948, a beaming Truman holding the mistaken paper created one of the most iconic and enduring images in journalism.
That was 78 years ago, and the sentiment remains the same.
Never, ever believe off-hand what people - or publications - with agendas they want you to believe...
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