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Hey, did you read:
• That the real winner in last night’s (hilarious, horrifying) Republican debate was Fox News? —Drew Hunt
• That coverage of poverty accounts for less than one percent of American news, says Barbara Ehrenreich in a Guardian column about how only the rich can afford to write about poor people? —Ryan Smith • Rick Perlstein on the Obama Presidential Library and the history of corruption surrounding presidential libraries in general? —Tal Rosenberg
• About a young white man who was killed by police—and nobody from the #AllLivesMatter group said a thing? —Tanner Howard
• That book publishers are really sorry to see Jon Stewart leave the Daily Show? —Mick Dumke • That New York City tourists are opting to sleep in vans and taxis rather than expensive hotels? —Drew Hunt
• That Dr. Dre is giving the money from his new album back to Compton? —Evin BIllington