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Benton, Joshua. "The coronavirus traffic bump to news sites is pretty much over already." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 14 Apr. 2020. Web. 27 Mar. 2025.
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Benton, J. (2020, Apr. 14). The coronavirus traffic bump to news sites is pretty much over already. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 27, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/04/the-coronavirus-traffic-bump-to-news-sites-is-pretty-much-over-already/
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Benton, Joshua. "The coronavirus traffic bump to news sites is pretty much over already." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified April 14, 2020. Accessed March 27, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/04/the-coronavirus-traffic-bump-to-news-sites-is-pretty-much-over-already/.
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