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18 News Stories That 'Forgot' Context

The media loves a good dramatic story. Even more than that, the media loves leaving out key details to make an already dramatic story into an ultra dramatic one.

But, fortunately, this whole damn planet lives on the Internet, where a stone shall never go unturned and those key details never stay hidden long.

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The Netflix series, Making A Murderer, had many viewers convinced that Manitowoc officials framed Steven Avery for murder as retaliation for a civil l

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