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Are "emotional truths" the new "fake news"?

Are "emotional truths" the new "fake news"?

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Toya Gavin
Oct 27, 2023
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I write this newsletter knowing that hearts and minds are still with those ordinary people living in the Gaza battle zone. If you can, consider donating to support one of the aid and relief organizations found here.

Also, to Lewiston, Maine, my heart is with you. I’m sorry that mass shootings are still our reality and that we lack the political will to stop the murder of our citizens and children. I hope we can change that. More on this later.

A few weeks I wrote about my take on a New Yorker article claiming that Hasan Minaj lied in his comedy specials.

There were three main stories that the reporter, Clare Malone, highlighted. Here's what I wrote about those stories in my blog post:

He made up a story about rushing his daughter to the hospital for fear of anthrax exposure from a threatening letter sent to him. He invented a story about a white high-school classmate rejecting him because he was Muslim and South Asian. He lied about a white man attempting to radicalize the youth at his Mo…

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