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On Montana Talks: How the media exacerbates racial tension.

Jul 16, 2020 | Radio

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Dr. John Lott talked to Aaron Flint on the Montana Talk Network about a range of issues including how selective media reporting further fuels our racial divide, how the same politicians who want to defund the police also want to ban guns.

Montana Talks covers stations including Billings, Bozeman, Missoula, Kalispell, Great Falls, Helena, and Butte.

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