“Private Snafu” Fights Fake News in 1944 | Flashback | History

“Pri­vate Sna­fu” Fights Fake News in 1944 | Flash­back | History



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Fake news isn’t new news. Dur­ing WWII, mil­i­tary bases were breed­ing grounds for false reports and gos­sip. In this car­toon, part of a series cre­at­ed for the armed forces by Theodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) and the folks behind Looney Tunes, “Pri­vate Sna­fu” learns the dan­gers of spread­ing rumors the hard way.
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