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Trending today: an epidemic of folks on social media pretending to be podcasters for clicks and engagement – leading Aaron to a rant about the importance of traditional media’s gatekeeping role in separating truth from lies, fact from fiction, and high-quality commentary from low-quality commentary. (Provided they take that role seriously, of course.)

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