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The Secret Heiress Funding the Right-Wing Media
BUILD-A-NARRATIVE
Rebekah Mercer and her family were so unhappy with the media that they spent hundreds of millions of dollars to build their own—and they’re all in for Trump.
Betsy Swan
Former Political Reporter
Published
Sep. 13 2016
1:00AM EDT
© Mike Segar / Reuters
Betsy Swan
Former Political Reporter
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