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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Putting the Cartman Before the Horse: Local TV Covers "Kick A Ginger" Day

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Greg Mitchell

is author of a dozen books (click on covers at right), ;He was the longtime editor of Editor & Publisher. Email: gregmitch34@gmail.com Twitter: @GregMitch

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