60 Minutes Links Megafires to Climate Change But Fudges Some Facts
60 Minutes recently rebroadcast a 2007 story titled “The Age of Megafires,” which discusses the link between forest management policies,…
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The LA Kings Hire Sports Journalist Rich Hammond: Is He Still a Journalist?
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