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Flat White

The victimhood Olympics

30 September 2018

1:26 PM

30 September 2018

1:26 PM

When you don’t have real stories; when your “journalists” aren’t experienced or credible enough to get real stories — or when your “journalists” aren’t really journalists, but “content producers” — run victim stories.

All you need is some sad sack (it helps get clicks if they’re easy on the eye) and a semi-credible tale of woe — or woke.

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