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Ishak, Natasha. "How mainstream media failed the Atlanta shooting victims." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 24 Mar. 2021. Web. 16 May. 2021.
APA
Ishak, N. (2021, Mar. 24). How mainstream media failed the Atlanta shooting victims. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 16, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/03/how-mainstream-media-failed-the-atlanta-shooting-victims/
Chicago
Ishak, Natasha. "How mainstream media failed the Atlanta shooting victims." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 24, 2021. Accessed May 16, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/03/how-mainstream-media-failed-the-atlanta-shooting-victims/.
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