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

Behind the Bastards

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Ory Morton's Death in Two Thousand One

Ory morton died in two thousand one, but his influence lives on. When fox news launched in 19 66, it adopted the talk radio play book. The media paradime he fathered has taken a toll on the way in which we are governed. This hyper partisanization makes people just get angrier and angrier at each other.

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