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Who's views did Walter Lippmann's views contrast with in the retrospectively named Lippmann-Dewey debate?

  • John Dewey

  • Abraham Lincoln

  • Theodore Roosevelt

  • Nelson Mandela

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John Dewey's educational theory was a response to the ideas of Walter Lippmann. Lippmann argued that the public was incapable of making informed decisions about public policy because they were too easily manipulated by propaganda. Dewey argued that the public could be educated to make informed decisions if they were given the right information and opportunities to engage in public discourse.
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