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misanthrope

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5. That kind of journalism gets on my last nerve

Reply to betsuni (Reply #4)

Sat Apr 21, 2018, 01:30 AM

Apr 2018

All they're doing is fishing for emotional outbursts (with tears a plus) because it makes the TV reporter's job easier. Just once I'd like to hear one of the interviewees respond, "'How does it feel?' Well, how would it make you feel?"

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