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Old 04-28-2011, 01:57 PM   #79
WT Sharpe
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Since no one took my bait, I'll give the answers now:

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Here are 2 for you:

1) On February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite stated on his CBS News broadcast that the Vietnam War was mired in stalemate. As he watched the broadcast, President Lyndon Johnson said to an aide, "If I’ve lost Cronkite, I’ve lost Middle America."
FALSE. Although it's been reported on TV and in print numerous times; there's no proof that LBJ ever said those words.

For more info, see http://mediamythalert.wordpress.com/...-cronkite-ive/.

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2) A Kansas man was struck and killed by an oncoming train. The engineer tried blowing his whistle to alert the man, but the man had his cell phone in one ear, and was cupping the other with his hand to block out the noise of the oncoming locomotive.
TRUE. Or at least, confirmed by Darwin.
See http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2002-24.html.
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