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Jul 2020
21m 45s

How the News Brainwashes Us

Rob Dial
About this episode
Want to know why the news is so negative? It's very simple... because they understand human psychology! In this episode, I am going to talk about why the news is so negative, why you should never watch it and what you should do instead.Follow me on Instagram @RobDialJr https://www.instagram.com/robdialjr/ 
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