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June 18, 2010

Dispatch: Churchill’s Stogie Up In Smoke

An iconic photo of renowned British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the World War II museum in London is missing something these days: his beloved cigar. A museum visitor was the first to notice the cigar’s disappearance, which has been attributed to an unknown airbrushing censor.  

Photo of Churchill's beloved cigar given PC airbrush

“Things are so politically correct these days that even historical realities are being brushed out,” laments ACSH's Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. “This also applies to when people want to censor smoking in movies, but in old movies from the 1940s and 1950s, everyone’s smoking. How can you deny that?”

“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” ACSH's Jeff Stier concludes.


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