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The Colombo Thing - Part Three
Michael Wolraich: I have sympathy for the people that are just like, yeah, these people are lying to us about so much. What else do you expect from us? He says journalism has to stick to this strict ethic of fact-checking and double fact-checking with multiple sources if it fits a particular narrative. "Most journalists most of the time are just doing their job," he says; they don't notice big stories such as Brett Kavanaugh or Jesse Smollett being lynched. 'It seems like there's a script. They all the same stories' - Wolraich on major news networks.
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