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

Behind the Bastards

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The Toana Brawley Case - It's Gon Te Recket to Night

Mort had ow sharpton on with a black rhite right wing activist named roy innis. The stated goal of the episode was to determine who was the leader of black america. After the tana brawley case fell apart, nothing could abate the downward slide of morton's ratings. So he made a few different comeback attempts, and tried to make a living doing talk radio. In 19 96, he was diagnosed with lung cantwas embarrassing how dare you really? We have, thank comrade cigarettes for getting two thirds of these guys out ofn support.

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