Truth Dollars

The mid-1950s fundraising campaign for Radio Free Europe:

"Every dollar buys 100 words of truth..."

So if you don't give anything it's all gonna be lies!

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Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 27, 2018
Category: Money | 1950s

Comments

To think, if people had spent more Truth Dollars, we wouldn’t have so much fake news today!

Posted by Brian on 01/27/18 at 10:25 PM

"It's own back yard?"

Posted by ges on 01/28/18 at 12:29 AM

I imagine that Postmaster knew where to send the money. Or did they just pocket it?

Posted by RobK on 01/29/18 at 10:57 AM

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