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How Cincinnati news media reported a baseball broadcaster’s anti-gay slur

  • By Zachary Jarrell
  • September 29, 2020

When Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman got caught on a hot mic in August using an anti-gay slur, Megan.

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