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Members Only #204 - Amplification Accusation: The Dumbest Debate Ever?
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* Norm the Nosy Neighbor
* A terrible coinage
* Did Moynihan kick off this idiocy? Probably!
* Why did we “amplify” a popular internet documentary that we didn’t like?
* We should have disliked the thing we already disliked even more
* Getting clicks is always more important than adhering to the unwritten colleague code
* The only was to redeem for insufficient dislike of…