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Part Three: Morton Downey Junior: The Ur-Media Grifter

Behind the Bastards

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Wallye George and Morton Downe Jr.

Morton downe junior was even more incendiary and control uncontrolled than wally george. He lost his first talk show gig after he punched a guest, an abortion rights activist named bill baird,. So how many iters in was that? And again, they're both kind of riting this wave of right wing populism in the rise of the religious right in ronald regan. They're not starting it, but they are also influencing the way this thing grows.

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