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Oprah v. Beef Part 1: The Rise of "Veggie Libel"

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The Greatest Cliffhanger We Will Ever Have

In 1996, Britain announced that there's been at least 10 people who've been infected with Mad Cow. This was the first that anyone in America had heard about Mad Cow. There were all kinds of panic going on mostly because of this like incubation period. And also America has a much larger beef industry per capita than Britain. So it's like all of the elements coming together for just like a total freak out. On April 16th, Oprah does an episode called Dangerous Food. One of my greatest frustrations and obsessions is I could not find this fucking segment. It does not exist on YouTube, Vimeo, or like the sketchy Chinese websites that are streaming like episodes of Seinfeld

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