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Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh Is Mad Betty Boop, Who Is Based on a Black Woman, Is Being Played By a Black Woman
I’d like to make it through just one week of Matt Walsh not being upset about a fictional woman. But, this week, it’s Betty Boop. News broke of Quinta Brunson being tapped to play the iconic character. As you would expect of any news featuring the Abbott Elementary star, there was some palpable cel...
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What happenedDaily Wire’s Matt Walsh Is Mad Betty Boop, Who Is Based on a Black Woman, Is Being Played By a Black Woman.
The headline splitOne side frames it as "Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh Is Mad Betty Boop, Who Is Based on a Black Woman, Is Being Played...". The other frames it as "Scandal-Plagued Journo Who Wrote Hit Piece On Daily Wire Has Old Ties To Mamdani".
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Left / center-leftDaily Wire’s Matt Walsh Is Mad Betty Boop, Who Is Based on a Black Woman, Is Being Played By a Black Woman
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Right / center-rightScandal-Plagued Journo Who Wrote Hit Piece On Daily Wire Has Old Ties To Mamdani
Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh Is Mad Betty Boop, Who Is Based on a Black Woman, Is Being Played By a Black Woman
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I’d like to make it through just one week of Matt Walsh not being upset about a fictional woman. But, this week, it’s Betty Boop. News broke of Quinta Brunson being tapped to play the iconi...
Scandal-Plagued Journo Who Wrote Hit Piece On Daily Wire Has Old Ties To Mamdani
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Ross Barkan, the reporter who wrote a hit piece on The Daily Wire and then came under investigation for plagiarism, hired Zohran Mamdani to manage his failed state Senate campaign in 2018....