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On Viral Videos: We Should Weigh In When We Have Something To Add

Rather than jumping in, the media need to make sure they've done the reporting.

There are surely many lessons to be relearned from the media's coverage of the video showing Kentucky high school students and a Native American singer/drummer at the Lincoln Memorial.

This one is very

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