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Meet Ben Swann, the Republican Pizzagate Truther Hosting Atlanta’s CBS Nightly News

11 PM IS AN INSIDE JOB

An Atlanta CBS news anchor blocked out six minutes of airtime to imply Pizzagate could be real. It isn’t his first brush with far-right conspiracies.

Ben Collins
Ben Collins
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Ben Collins

Ben Collins

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