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References
- ↑ "The Terrible Truth" – via filmow.com.
- 1 2 Roger M. Grace (June 9, 2008), "Supervisor's Lobbying of Colleagues Brings McKesson Unanimous Vote to Fill DA Vacancy", Metropolitan News-Enterprise , Los Angeles, PERSPECTIVES #63
- ↑ Null 2009, p. 9.
- ↑ Brunner, Edward (January 1998), "Ersatz Truths: Variations on the Faux Documentary", Postmodern Culture , 8 (2), doi:10.1353/pmc.1998.0001, S2CID 144984222 quoted in Null (2009)
- ↑ Keri Blakinger (February 17, 2016), The 5 Worst Anti-Drug Ads in the Last 100 Years
- ↑ Brian Resnick (April 20, 2015), "Four Vintage, (Unintentionally) Hysterical Anti-Marijuana Films: Movies about the dangers of marijuana have often depicted the drug in cartoonish terms", The Atlantic
- ↑ Prelinger Archives. The Terrible Truth, OCLC 860691153
Book sources
- Null, J.W. (2009). American Educational History Journal: Volume 36 #1 & 2. Information Age Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60752-277-5.