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Blue_Tires

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11. I'm a former newspaper reporter

Reply to ificandream (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 2, 2025, 11:16 AM

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And I'll say in my professional opinion that the media was completely negligent...

Part of it is their need to ALWAYS create a "horse race" down to the wire, and the other part is they've always given Donnie the absolute lowest bar for scrutiny and success that any mediocre white man has ever had...

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