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The Media Repeatedly Fell Into The ‘Copaganda’ Trap

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June 8, 2020 5:32 p.m.

On Saturday, ABC’s “Good Morning America” posted a video of an anti-police brutality protest last week in Houston, Texas, captioned with “Police officer comforts little girl after she asks: ‘Are you going to shoot us?'”

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