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** ''The Hawks Report'' is this for ''The Drudge Report'', the first news outlet to break the Monica Lewinsky scandal which this episode parodies.
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** ''The Hawks Report'' * OneDrinkWillKillTheBaby: Averted. Maggie's heavily pregnant double is this for ''The Drudge Report'', smoking a cigarette with one hand and drinking a beer with the first news outlet to break the Monica Lewinsky scandal which this episode parodies.other.
** ''The Hawks Report'' refers to ''The Drudge Report'', the first news outlet to break the Monica Lewinsky scandal which this episode parodies.
** Tony Jacobs of GNN interviews Maggie's double.
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* AlternateHistory: Major newspapers such as ''The Los Angeles Herald'' are essentially gossip rags whereas only underground newspapers cover more weighty issues. The US is at war with Switzerland as a major Swiss banking scandal caused a worldwide economic recession. There are also reports of ethnic cleansing in the French-speaking parts of Switzerland, emulating the situation in Bosnia on Earth Prime.
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Originally aired July 30, 1999
Written by Steven Stoliar
Directed by David R. Eagle
On a world where tabloid journalism has replaced real news, a photo suggests that Maggie is having an affair with the President, whose advisers decide to use it to distract the public's attention from a war with Switzerland.
Written by Steven Stoliar
Directed by David R. Eagle
On a world where tabloid journalism has replaced real news, a photo suggests that Maggie is having an affair with the President, whose advisers decide to use it to distract the public's attention from a war with Switzerland.
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Moved from Sliders S 05 E 08 A Current Affair (wrong episode number)
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