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Our Secret Weapon: The Truth

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Our Secret Weapon: The Truth
GenrePublic Affairs
StarringLeo Cherne
Ralph de Toledano
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseOctober 22, 1950 (1950-10-22) –
April 17, 1951 (1951-04-17)

Our Secret Weapon: The Truth is a public affairs program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from October 22, 1950, to April 17, 1951, and hosted by conservative commentators Leo Cherne and Ralph de Toledano.

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Our Secret Weapon: The Truth had its origins in the Freedom House radio program Our Secret Weapon (1942–43), a CBS Radio series hosted by Rex Stout, which was created to counter Axis shortwave radio propaganda broadcasts during World War II.[1]: 529 

The concept was revived during the Korean War as a weekly series that would "answer Communist lies about us" with testimony from special guests. The program featured conservative commentators Leo Cherne and Ralph de Toledano.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Hardcover; revised edition of Tune In Yesterday (1976) ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
  2. ^ Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946–Present. New York: Ballantine Books, 1988 (fourth edition), ISBN 0-345-35610-1 p. 571

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