How A Former Oregonian Reporter Helped Create "The Lie Factory"

Anybody with the slightest interest in politics or universal healthcare will find a piece called "The Lie Factory," in the current edition of the New Yorker fascinating. Writer Jill Lepore describes how a former California newsman named Clem Whitaker and Leone Baxter, a former reporter for The Oregonian created the field of political consulting through their firm, Campaigns, Inc in 1933.

Among their largest achievements was a battle that still echoes today. Beginning in 1949, Whitaker and Baxter destroyed then-President Harry Truman's plan for national healthcare for the benefit of their client, the American Medical Association.

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