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I myself was to experience how easily one is taken in by a lying and censored press and radio in a totalitarian state... a steady diet over the years of falsifications and distortions made a certain impression on one's mind and often misled it.

William L. Shirer

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William L. Shirer
Age: 89 †
Born: 1904
Born: February 23
Died: 1993
Died: December 28
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Chicago
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William Lawrence Shirer
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