Pants onfire: the talk-show host lived by one simple rule: if you can't be right, be wrong at the top of your lungs
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Downey's notoriety came from the abrasive style of his talk show, wildly popular in the mid- to late-1980s. Producers of the show and others close to him knew he invented much of his information. His penchant for lying overturned him when he claimed to have been attacked at an airport by skinheads.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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Article Abstract:
American society seems to possess double standards concerning journalism. Expensive magazines like 'Vanity Fair' enjoy far more respectability than 'Playboy,' 'Penthouse,' and 'People,' for featuring the same kind of gossip-based sensational articles read by readers in the latter magazines.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1999
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The babies of Bedford: it's wrong to separate infants from their imprisoned mothers
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Jean Harris describes her experiences working in the Parenting Center while an inmate at Bedford. She argues that more mother should be allowed to keep their babies in prison and that they should be taught parenting and job skills.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1993
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