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Tonya Harding Part 2

You're Wrong About

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How to Tell a Bad Story About Tonya Harding

If you tell a boring story about Tonya, like, oh, I never met her, you're not going to get in the newspaper. So all the incentives are there to make up a bunch of like, she was clubbing everyone on the knee. And you're going to have the best odds of being in the paper or on TV or making some money. If you can sell something that makes her look bad or implicates her in some way, because the highest rates are going to go for the pieces of information confirming the story that the media wants. You're being paid to believe that she's a monster. But yes. Maybe it's easier to inspire someone's hatefulness than

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