Monsanto & Cancer Milk: FOX NEWS KILLS STORY & FIRES Reporters.
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0:00 - 0:03NARRATOR: In a world economy
where information is filtered -
0:03 - 0:06by global media corporations,
keenly attuned to their -
0:06 - 0:08powerful advertisers,
who will defend the -
0:08 - 0:10public's right to know?
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0:10 - 0:13And what price must be paid to
preserve our ability to make -
0:13 - 0:14informed choices?
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0:25 - 0:27STEVE WILSON: What Fox
Television told us was that we -
0:27 - 0:29were just the people to
be the investigators. -
0:29 - 0:32JANE AKRE: Do any stories you
want, ask tough questions, and -
0:32 - 0:33get answers.
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0:33 - 0:34So we thought, this is great.
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0:34 - 0:35This is a dream job.
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0:35 - 0:36Fantastic.
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0:36 - 0:39The very first thing they had
us do was not to research -
0:39 - 0:41stories but to shoot this
promo, which was The -
0:41 - 0:42Investigators.
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0:44 - 0:48-Uncovering the truth, getting
results, protecting you. -
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0:48 - 0:51JANE AKRE: And they had a film
crew and a smoke machine, and -
0:51 - 0:52we were silhouetted.
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0:52 - 0:53-Investigative reporter
Steve-- -
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0:54 - 0:55STEVE WILSON: One of the first
stories that Jane came up with -
0:55 - 0:59was the revelation that most
of the milk in the state of -
0:59 - 1:02Florida and throughout much of
the country was adulterated -
1:02 - 1:04with the effects of bovine
growth hormone, the artificial -
1:04 - 1:08hormone that farmers were
injecting into their cows so -
1:08 - 1:10that they would produce
more milk. -
1:10 - 1:13JANE AKRE: With Monsanto, I
didn't realize how effectively -
1:13 - 1:16a corporation could work
to get something on the -
1:16 - 1:19marketplace, the levels of
coordination they had to have. -
1:19 - 1:22They had to get university
professors into the fold. -
1:22 - 1:24They had to get experts
into the fold. -
1:24 - 1:26They had to get reporters
into the fold. -
1:26 - 1:28They had to get the public
into the fold. -
1:28 - 1:30And, of course, the FDA, let's
not leave them out. -
1:30 - 1:32They had to get the federal
regulators convinced that this -
1:32 - 1:36was a fine and safe product to
get it onto the marketplace. -
1:36 - 1:36And they did that.
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1:36 - 1:38They did that very, very well.
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1:39 - 1:41-It's a great time to be
a high-producing cow. -
1:41 - 1:43Posilac One-Step--
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1:43 - 1:45bovine somatotropin
by Monsanto. -
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1:48 - 1:50JANE AKRE: The federal
government basically rubber -
1:50 - 1:53stamped it before they put
it on the marketplace. -
1:53 - 1:56The longest test they did
for human toxicity was -
1:56 - 1:5890 days on 30 rats.
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1:58 - 2:00NARRATOR: Posilac is the single
most tested new product -
2:00 - 2:04in history and is now available
to you specifically, -
2:04 - 2:06so you can increase your
profit potential. -
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2:07 - 2:10JANE AKRE: And then either
Monsanto misreported the -
2:10 - 2:14results to the FDA or the FDA
didn't bother to look in depth -
2:14 - 2:16at Monsanto's own studies.
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2:16 - 2:18STEVE WILSON: The scientists
within Health Canada looked -
2:18 - 2:21very carefully at bovine growth
hormone and came to -
2:21 - 2:23very different conclusions
than the Food and Drug -
2:23 - 2:25Administration in the US did.
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2:25 - 2:29-Monsanto's engineered growth
hormone did not comply with -
2:29 - 2:30safety requirements.
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2:30 - 2:33It could be absorbed by the body
and therefore did have -
2:33 - 2:35implications for human health.
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2:35 - 2:38Mysteriously, that conclusion
was deleted from the final -
2:38 - 2:40published version
of their report. -
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2:40 - 2:42STEVE WILSON: They knew
there were problems. -
2:42 - 2:44They saw serious potential human
health problems, and -
2:44 - 2:48they stood up in Canada and
said, we're not going to -
2:48 - 2:51approve this because we don't
believe it's safe. -
2:51 - 2:54DR. SHIV CHOPRA: We have been
pressured and coerced to pass -
2:54 - 2:59drugs of questionable safety,
including the rBST. -
2:59 - 3:02I personally was very concerned
that there's a very -
3:02 - 3:05serious problem of secrecy,
conspiracy, and -
3:05 - 3:07things of that nature.
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3:07 - 3:09And something needs
to be done. -
3:09 - 3:11JANE AKRE: The FDA was
then on the hot seat. -
3:11 - 3:12They had to come up
with an answer. -
3:12 - 3:14They didn't come up
with a good one. -
3:14 - 3:17And they never took the
opportunity then-- -
3:17 - 3:18I mean, what would they do?
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3:18 - 3:20Pull it off the market and say,
we need to now do the job -
3:20 - 3:22that we didn't do
the first time. -
3:22 - 3:23They didn't do that.
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3:23 - 3:24STEVE WILSON: We wrote
the story. -
3:24 - 3:26We had it ready a
week beforehand. -
3:26 - 3:27They had bought ads.
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3:27 - 3:30-Farmers in the milk industry
say it's safe. -
3:30 - 3:31But studies suggest
a link to cancer. -
3:31 - 3:33Don't miss this special report
from The Investigators. -
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3:34 - 3:35STEVE WILSON: That Friday night
before the Monday the -
3:35 - 3:39series was to begin, the fax
machine spit out a letter from -
3:39 - 3:43this very high-priced lawyer
in New York that -
3:43 - 3:45Monsanto had hired.
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3:45 - 3:47It contained a lot of things
that we're just off the wall -
3:47 - 3:50false, just demonstrably
false. -
3:50 - 3:52But if you didn't know the story
and you didn't know how -
3:52 - 3:55we had gone about producing it,
it would have scared you -
3:55 - 3:58as a broadcaster,
as a manager. -
3:58 - 4:00JANE AKRE: And they decided that
they would pull the story -
4:00 - 4:03and they would just check
it one more time. -
4:03 - 4:05STEVE WILSON: But the bottom
line was that there was no -
4:05 - 4:07factual errors in the story.
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4:07 - 4:08Both sides have been
heard from. -
4:08 - 4:10Both sides had had an
opportunity to speak. -
4:10 - 4:12JANE AKRE: One week
later, Monsanto -
4:12 - 4:14sent the second letter.
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4:14 - 4:16And this was even more
strongly worded. -
4:16 - 4:19And it said there will be "dire
consequences for Fox -
4:19 - 4:23News" if the story
airs in Florida. -
4:23 - 4:25And this time, they freaked.
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4:25 - 4:28They were afraid of being
sued, and they were also -
4:28 - 4:31afraid of losing advertising
dollars at all of the stations -
4:31 - 4:32owned by Rupert Murdoch.
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4:32 - 4:36And he owned more television
stations than any other group -
4:36 - 4:37in America.
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4:37 - 4:39The man has 22 television
stations. -
4:39 - 4:41That's a lot of advertising
dollars for Round-Up, -
4:41 - 4:45aspartame, NutraSweet
and other products. -
4:45 - 4:46STEVE WILSON: So we
got into a battle. -
4:46 - 4:49And the first deal was the
new general manager. -
4:49 - 4:50JANE AKRE: And his
name's Dave. -
4:50 - 4:52And Dave is a salesman.
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4:52 - 4:53And he'd pump your hand--
how you doing? -
4:53 - 4:54How you doing?
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4:54 - 4:56STEVE WILSON: Called us upstairs
to his office, and he -
4:56 - 5:00said, what would you say
if I killed this piece? -
5:00 - 5:02What if it never ran?
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5:02 - 5:05And we said, well, we wouldn't
be very happy about that. -
5:05 - 5:07And he said, well I could
kill it, you know. -
5:07 - 5:08And we said, yes, of course.
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5:08 - 5:08You're the manager.
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5:08 - 5:09You could kill it.
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5:09 - 5:11It would never air.
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5:11 - 5:13And he's hemming,
and he's hawing. -
5:13 - 5:13And he's back, and he's forth.
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5:13 - 5:15And we couldn't figure out
what is this all about? -
5:15 - 5:20And finally, he blurted out,
look, would you tell anybody? -
5:20 - 5:23I said, I'm not going
to lie for you. -
5:23 - 5:25About a week later, he calls
us back to the office and -
5:25 - 5:27says, OK, we'd like you
to make these changes. -
5:27 - 5:29In fact, you will make
these changes. -
5:29 - 5:32And we said, well, look, let us
show you the research that -
5:32 - 5:35we have that shows that this
information you want us to -
5:35 - 5:36broadcast isn't true.
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5:36 - 5:39To which he replies, I don't
care about that. -
5:39 - 5:40And I said, pardon me?
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5:40 - 5:43And he said, well, that's
what I have lawyers for. -
5:43 - 5:45Just write it the way the
lawyers want it written. -
5:45 - 5:47I said, you know, this news.
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5:47 - 5:48This is important.
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5:48 - 5:50This is stuff people
need to know. -
5:50 - 5:51And I'll never forget.
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5:51 - 5:56He didn't pause a beat, and he
said, we just paid $3 billion -
5:56 - 5:58for these television stations.
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5:58 - 6:00We'll tell you what
the news is. -
6:00 - 6:03The news is what we say it is.
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6:03 - 6:05I said, I'm not doing that.
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6:05 - 6:08And he said, well, he said, if
you refuse to present this -
6:08 - 6:10story the way we think it should
be presented, you'll be -
6:10 - 6:12fired for insubordination.
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6:12 - 6:14I said, I will go to the
Federal Communications -
6:14 - 6:19Commission, and I will report
that I was fired from my job -
6:19 - 6:22you, the licensee of these
public airwaves, because I -
6:22 - 6:24refused to lie to people
on the air. -
6:24 - 6:26And it's, thank you very much.
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6:26 - 6:28You'll hear from
us right away. -
6:28 - 6:31Well, 24 hours came and went,
and we didn't hear a thing. -
6:31 - 6:33And about a week later,
he calls us back. -
6:33 - 6:35And now we've changed
strategies. -
6:35 - 6:39How about if we pay you some
money, and you just go away? -
6:39 - 6:42
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6:42 - 6:45And I said, how much money?
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6:45 - 6:47Because when somebody offers
to bribe you like that, I -
6:47 - 6:49always want to know if
it might be worth it. -
6:49 - 6:51JANE AKRE: He was going to
offer us the rest of our -
6:51 - 6:58year's salary if we agreed not
to talk about what Monsanto -
6:58 - 7:03had done, to not talk about the
Fox corporate response in -
7:03 - 7:08suppressing the story, and to
not talk about the story, not -
7:08 - 7:12talk about BGH again, anywhere,
not take the story -
7:12 - 7:15to-- and he said, are
you going to sign? -
7:15 - 7:17And we said, nah.
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7:17 - 7:19Dave, we're not going
to sign that. -
7:19 - 7:20And he said, well,
send it back, OK? -
7:20 - 7:22We said, nah.
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7:22 - 7:23Dave, we're not going
to send that back. -
7:23 - 7:27STEVE WILSON: It was OK,
we can't buy you out. -
7:27 - 7:28We can't shut you up.
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7:28 - 7:32Let's get the story on the air
in a way that we can all agree -
7:32 - 7:33it will go on the air.
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7:33 - 7:36And we started rewriting and
editing with their lawyers. -
7:36 - 7:39JANE AKRE: Well, during this
8-month re-review process-- -
7:39 - 7:41I say jokingly--
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7:41 - 7:43they did things like, for
example, they wanted to take -
7:43 - 7:45out the word cancer.
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7:45 - 7:48You don't have to identify what
the potential problem is. -
7:48 - 7:52Just say human health
implications. -
7:52 - 7:55Any criticism of Monsanto or
its product, they either -
7:55 - 7:57removed it or minimized it.
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7:57 - 8:01And it was very, very clear, I
would say, almost every edit -
8:01 - 8:04they made to the piece,
that was the aim. -
8:04 - 8:06STEVE WILSON: And we change this
and this and this, and -
8:06 - 8:07then that wasn't good enough.
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8:07 - 8:10OK, now change this
and this and this. -
8:10 - 8:11Now change this and this.
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8:11 - 8:15Version after version
after version-- -
8:15 - 8:1783 times.
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8:17 - 8:19JANE AKRE: 83 times
is unheard of. -
8:19 - 8:20It doesn't happen.
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8:20 - 8:22You shouldn't have to rewrite
something 83 times. -
8:22 - 8:25Obviously, they didn't want to
put the thing on the air, and -
8:25 - 8:27they were trying to drive us
crazy and get us to quit or -
8:27 - 8:30wait until the first window in
our contract so that they -
8:30 - 8:31could fire us.
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8:31 - 8:33STEVE WILSON: They, in effect,
announced that they were going -
8:33 - 8:36to fire us for no cause.
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8:36 - 8:38Well, this was a little much.
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8:38 - 8:40JANE AKRE: And Steve wrote
a letter to the lawyer in -
8:40 - 8:43Atlanta, whose name is
Carolyn Forrest, the -
8:43 - 8:44Fox corporate lawyer.
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8:44 - 8:47STEVE WILSON: And I said, you
know this isn't about being -
8:47 - 8:49fired for no cause.
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8:49 - 8:53You're firing us because we
refused to put on the air -
8:53 - 8:56something that we knew and
demonstrated to be false and -
8:56 - 8:56misleading.
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8:56 - 8:58That's what this is about--
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8:58 - 9:00and because we put up a fight,
because we stood up to this -
9:00 - 9:02big corporation and we stood
up to your editors and we -
9:02 - 9:05stood up your lawyers and we
said to you, look, there ought -
9:05 - 9:08to be a principal higher
than just making money. -
9:08 - 9:09JANE AKRE: And she wrote
a letter back and -
9:09 - 9:10said, you are right.
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9:10 - 9:11That's exactly what it was.
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9:11 - 9:14You stood up to us on the story,
and that's why we're -
9:14 - 9:15letting you go--
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9:15 - 9:17big mistake.
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9:17 - 9:18Big mistake.
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9:18 - 9:20That says retaliation.
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9:20 - 9:24You can't retaliate against
employees if they're standing -
9:24 - 9:27up for something that they
believe is illegal that they -
9:27 - 9:29don't want to participate in.
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9:29 - 9:32So that gave us the
whistleblower status that we -
9:32 - 9:35needed in a state of Florida to
file a whistleblower claim -
9:35 - 9:37against our employer.
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9:37 - 9:40NARRATOR: What Fox neglected
to report is this. -
9:40 - 9:43Jane sued Fox under Florida's
whistleblower statute which -
9:43 - 9:46protects those who try to
prevent others from -
9:46 - 9:48breaking the law.
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9:48 - 9:51But her appeal court judges
found that falsifying news -
9:51 - 9:54isn't actually against
the law. -
9:54 - 9:57So they denied Jane her
whistleblower status, -
9:57 - 10:03overturned the case, and
withdrew her $425,000 award. -
10:03 - 10:08Canada and Europe have upheld
the ban on rBGH. -
10:08 - 10:11Yet it remains hidden in much
of the milk supply of the -
10:11 - 10:12United States.
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- Title:
- Monsanto & Cancer Milk: FOX NEWS KILLS STORY & FIRES Reporters.
- Description:
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FOX NEWS Reporters (Reporters Steve Wilson & Jane Akre *** See below for more info on their status today) uncover that most of the Milk in the USA and across some parts of the world is unfit to drink due to Monsanto Corporation's POSILAC®, which has been proven to be a cancer-causing growth hormone.(known in short as "BGH" "BST" or "rBGH" ), but they were fired for attempting to inform people of the truth.
(Important note: After a long court battle, the Court dismissed the whistle blowers protection for the reporters because the Court stated that there was no law to force that the NEWS state the truth. NEWS was/is no different than other TV shows/reality shows.)
This is type of deceitful corruption is not just FOX news but includes almost all MSM (Main Stream Media).
Self researched, alternative news and information (from multiple sources) is one of the best methods to stay well informed.
Never trust or follow MSM/mega corporations such as Monsanto.
The corrupt FDA has once again turned it's back on the American public and has actually assisted in suppressing the dangers of this issue.
If you consumed or fed regular milk to your family today (8/21/08), there is more than a 90% chance that it was from a cow injected with BGH.(Bovine somatotropin developed by using recombinant DNA technology).
You could be killing or harming your child every time you pour them a glass of milk, the same as pouring them a glass of slow acting poison.
Please take action to ensure our children's safety, for they can not protect themselves. Remember too, that pus (exudate, infection discharge) is almost always present cow's milk... think about this fact the next time you feed your child this supposedly healthy product.
For great healthy alternative to animal's milk, try Almond, Coconut or Hemp milk (organic).
**** Status of the reports features in this story today (6/20/11): ****
Today, Steve Wilson is Chief Investigative Reporter Action 7 News Detroit were he is making quite a name for himself going after corporate greed/injustice. Many feel he is one of the best reporters in the US today due to the injustice that he experienced. His large following call him the Bulldog. He tirelessly helped to expose Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Search 'Steve Wilson Bulldog'Jane Akre is the News Editor for the National News Desk of Injuryboard where she is also a great asset.
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