Photo mocks CNN.com’s error

By NewscastStudio June 28, 2012

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A photo circulating online pokes fun at CNN.com’s erroneous reporting that the Affordable Health Care Act had been struct down — taking a classic photo and adding a modern twist.

The photo, which mimics the famous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline run by the Chicago Daily Tribune in its coverage of the 1948 presidential election, includes Obama behind a lectern holding an iPad display CNN’s website.

The Truman version of the photo: