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Dolly Parton, Pure Product of America
Headlines frame Dolly Parton through various lenses, including her American identity, her musical icon status, her philanthropy, and her personal impact on fans.
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What happenedTry to think of anyone who has made as deep and long-lasting a mark on American culture as Dolly Parton has, writes Caitlin Flanagan.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Dolly Parton’s Other Legacy: A Fortune Given Away, Dollar by Dollar". The right frames it as "Dolly Parton Proved Artists Don’t Need Vulgarity To Be Successful".
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftDolly Parton’s Other Legacy: A Fortune Given Away, Dollar by Dollar
New York Times - Business · Center-left · News report
CenterDolly Parton, Pure Product of America
RealClearPolitics · Center · News report
Right / center-rightWa Po columnist drags Dolly Parton into politics — gets a basic fact about her life WRONG
Wa Po columnist drags Dolly Parton into politics — gets a basic fact about her life WRONG
The Washington Post, known by critics as the Washington Puke, is getting reamed for publishing a fake take about the late Dolly Parton. Parton, who died Tuesday, […]
Dolly Parton Proved Artists Don’t Need Vulgarity To Be Successful
It’s not hard to see that as America’s culture has become coarser, so too has its music. Scroll through some of the top songs in the country and you’re bound to find many accompanied by a r...
Let’s introduce Dolly Parton to Salvador Dalí | Column
A journalist from Kentucky, David Hawpe, was visiting St. Pete when a friend from Louisville called to ask what he was doing in the Sunshine City. David mentioned that he had visited the Da...
