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New beginning for Dewey Defeats Truman

For a decade bassist/singer James Reader and drummer Scott Frazier were in two different “Casbah bands” that went on to get national buzz: Red Dye No. 5 and, later, Dewey Defeats Truman. The 1995 Red ... read more

Tom Kacich: Our own 'Dewey Defeats Truman' moment

There is a famous photograph of a beaming President Harry Truman holding a Nov. 3, 1948, Chicago Tribune with the headline "Dewey Defeats ... early in the evening. Some New York newspapers which suppo... read more

Before She Leaves the Senate, Claire McCaskill Gives an Exit Interview

The New Year will bring a major change to the ... Missouri’s most famous odds-defying Democrat, Harry Truman. We’re sitting right now beneath a picture of the famous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline on ... read more

Obama Photographer Uses 'Shade' To Contrast Presidents, Political Landscapes

What made Pete Souza's tenure with the Obama White House different was that social media — and especially Instagram, founded in 2010 — gave him a popular new platform that ... drawing comparisons to " ... read more

‘Dewey defeats Truman’: why headlines matter

When Truman ran for re-election in 1948, it was widely assumed he would lose to Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate from New York — so widely assumed, apparently, that the Chicago Tribune printed i... read more

OTD in History… November 3, 1948, Truman retains the presidency in an election upset against Dewey

the beginning of a new, modern political era in American history.” SOURCES AND READ MORE Boller, Paul F. Presidential Campaigns: From George Washington to George W. Bush. New York: Oxford University P... read more

Dewey Defeats Truman – This Time In Israel

Thus Truman lost New York, and as a result nearly lost the election, in part because of Jewish concerns about his stance on Israel. “Dewey Defeats Truman” came within a whisker of being accurate. On M... read more

Behind the Picture: 'Dewey Defeats Truman' and the Politics of Memory

Eugene Smith's shot of an ebullient Truman holding aloft a copy of the Chicago Tribune emblazoned with the now-legendary (erroneous) headline: DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN ... heavily-favored Republican gover... read more

2004’s ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’

It was one of the enduring mysteries of the 2004 campaign: Who leaked to The New York Post that John Kerry had picked ... wrong winner in the presidential race. The headline was “Dewey Defeats Truman, ... read more

When the political press got it wrong. Trump? No, Truman

there was Harry Truman's upset victory in 1948. The journalistic failings were summed up by the infamous Chicago Tribune headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN ... Thomas Dewey, the Republican governor of New ... read more

Boston Globe has Dewey-defeats-Truman moment

New England eventually would trail 28-3 in the third quarter. Inevitably a collector’s item, the erroneous conclusion proves the danger of declaring any sporting event to be over before it is. Even wh... read more

Dewey Defeats Truman redux? Early edition of Boston Globe had Patriots losing Super Bowl

The biggest local newspaper covering the New England Patriots also has a worldwide subscription ... early edition of The Boston Globe (like those in Florida) you have a "Dewey Beats Truman" collectibl... read more