Howard Dean's Scream, Revisited

On the Media | Feb 5, 2016

A "Dean Scream" is shorthand for a campaign disaster. But did Howard Dean's 2004 shriek even happen the way it's remembered? And did the moment really doom his campaign? In this excerpt of a documentary from FiveThirtyEight and ESPN Films, producer Galen Druke investigates the post-Iowa call to action through interviews with Howard Dean, his former campaign staffers, and OTM's own Jennifer Munson -- who uses her technical expertise to analyze why the Dean Scream sounded so strange on the airwaves.

You can hear the entire documentary and see a short accompanying film here. The Howard Dean Scream documentary was edited by Jody Avirgan, Chloe Prasinos, and Steven Jackson. 

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