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HEALTHY SKEPTICISM
The press stoked outrage about an alleged racist incident at BYU, but the story didn’t hold up. There’s a lesson to be learned.
Matt Lewis
Senior Columnist
Published
Sep. 17 2022
9:27PM EDT
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