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Don't know if anyone at CNN is covering debunking of the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower panic. This is what it looked like back in 2018.

 https://t.co/zHneHwZbQE
https://t.co/VXCyV6rhfr
https://t.co/5JHO9FopEd
https://t.co/bcvkeqs8To
https://t.co/8gAN9X6hfZ
https://t.co/KVRDQZSuDd
https://t.co/JBMio8U1fj
That's just three reporters at one outlet.
Here is the piece from yesterday about the British finding no evidence to back up the accusations that were widely disseminated by media here: https://t.co/SfOYUGmwnQ
Here is what I wrote back then:
https://t.co/6UUPWtRbWs
https://t.co/QHCBJOs4dL
https://t.co/61P941sPse
https://t.co/C378gratA3
Anyway, you get the point.
This is usually @DrewHolden360's job, anyway.

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