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GJR book review: Media’s sharp words leave deep cuts in society

  • By Sharon Wittke
  • October 1, 2013
  • 0 Comment on GJR book review: Media’s sharp words leave deep cuts in society

BY SHARON WITTKE / When conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly called him “one of the biggest race-baiters in the country,” Eric Deggans turned the epithet into the title for his new book, “Race-Baiter: How the media wields dangerous words to divide a nation.”

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