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Ellis, Justin. "Why the Huffington Post doesn’t equivocate on issues like global warming." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 16 Apr. 2012. Web. 15 Dec. 2019.
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Chicago
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