DISINFORMED: What that SNL skit on Black folks and vaccines got wrong

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Why We’re Fighting About Self Checkout – Best of TANGOTI

Bridget and Mike had conflicting and surprisingly strong feelings about self checkout machines. And it turns out, listeners do, too! We got more emails about this seemingly low stakes topic than any other. Why did this touch a nerve?! We don’t know but there’s something there, an ...  Show more

Diddy was acquitted of his most serious charges. The Internet blamed a woman who had nothing to do with it.

After Diddy’s acquittal, social media decided it needed a villain. And who better than a random woman?! Through a case of mistaken identity, digital marketing strategist and former journalist Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh, who had nothing to do with the trial, became the target of vi ...  Show more

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