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Old 08-19-2024, 11:20 AM   #4
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Not really.

He was super-serious and legit, but with the advent of Morton Downey and Geraldo, his ratings started to drop, and he ended up having to pivot to try to get the ratings back.
That’s correct. He would have on scientist guys like Linus Paulson who talked about the real danger to the foodstuffs due to the radiation bomb from Chernobyl.

Yea, the trash TV wounded him, then Oprah gutted him.
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