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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [[http://www.theonion.com/article/we-get-food-and-then-we-eat-food-until-all-food-go-53191 ‘We Get The Food And Then We Eat The Food Until All The Food Is Gone,’ City Of Chicago Announces Unprompted]].

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: BizarooEpisode: [[http://www.theonion.com/article/we-get-food-and-then-we-eat-food-until-all-food-go-53191 ‘We Get The Food And Then We Eat The Food Until All The Food Is Gone,’ City Of Chicago Announces Unprompted]].
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** The [[https://www.theonion.com/ugly-girl-killed-1819564191 "Ugly Girl Killed"]] article from 1997 that was written as an inversion to the MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome and also highlights BeautyEqualsGoodness[[note]]and was inspired by the murder of [=JonBenet=] Ramsey[[/note]] is reminiscent with the disproportionate coverage of the abductions/murders of schoolgirls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Hannah_Williams Hannah Williams,]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Danielle_Jones Danielle Jones]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler Milly Dowler.]] This was due to the former girl being a habitual runaway and coming from a lower-class, single mom home versus the latter girls having more traditional and comfortable upbringings.

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** The [[https://www.theonion.com/ugly-girl-killed-1819564191 "Ugly Girl Killed"]] article from 1997 that was written as an inversion subversion to the MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome and also highlights BeautyEqualsGoodness[[note]]and was inspired by the murder of [=JonBenet=] Ramsey[[/note]] is reminiscent with the disproportionate coverage of the abductions/murders of schoolgirls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Hannah_Williams Hannah Williams,]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Danielle_Jones Danielle Jones]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler Milly Dowler.]] This was due to the former girl being a habitual runaway and coming from a lower-class, single mom home versus the latter girls having more traditional and comfortable upbringings.
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** [[http://www.theonion.com/article/guy-at-bar-complaining-about-his-job-turns-out-to--5842 "Guy At Bar Complaining About His Job Turns Out To Be Eli Manning"]]. Published in 2007, Manning was at the time still under a tremendous amount of scorn having just played an atrocious game against the Packers to drop the Giants to 0-2. Manning rebounded to make the playoffs, defeat the Packers there, and win the Super Bowl in one of the greatest upsets in NFL history with one of the most memorable plays in sports.

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** [[http://www.theonion.com/article/guy-at-bar-complaining-about-his-job-turns-out-to--5842 "Guy At Bar Complaining About His Job Turns Out To Be Eli Manning"]]. Published in 2007, Manning was at the time still under a tremendous amount of scorn having just played an atrocious game against the Green Bay Packers to drop the New York Giants to 0-2. Manning rebounded to make the playoffs, defeat the Packers there, in the NFC Championship Game, and [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable win the Super Bowl against the undefeated New England Patriots]] in one of the greatest upsets in NFL history with one of the most memorable plays in sports.
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*** During a day when they had to publish the article no less than ''three times in a single day'' the editorial staff basically admitted that they know the "gag" has been overdone but can't retire it until something is actually done about it.

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*** During a day time when they sometimes had to publish the article no less than ''three times in a single day'' the editorial staff basically admitted that they know the "gag" has been overdone but can't retire it until something is actually done about it.
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*** During a day when they had to publish the article no less than ''three times in a single day'' the editorial staff basically admitted that they know the "gag" has been overdone but can't retire it until something is actually done about it.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The [[https://www.theonion.com/ugly-girl-killed-1819564191 "Ugly Girl Killed"]] article from 1997 that was written as an inversion to the MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome and also highlights BeautyEqualsGoodness[[note]]and was inspired by the murder of [=JonBenet=] Ramsey[[/note]] is reminiscent with the disproportionate coverage of the abductions/murders of schoolgirls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Hannah_Williams Hannah Williams,]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Danielle_Jones Danielle Jones]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler Milly Dowler.]] This was due to the former girl being a habitual runaway and coming from a lower-class, single mom home versus the latter girls having more traditional and comfortable upbringings.

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The [[https://www.theonion.com/ugly-girl-killed-1819564191 "Ugly Girl Killed"]] article from 1997 that was written as an inversion to the MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome and also highlights BeautyEqualsGoodness[[note]]and was inspired by the murder of [=JonBenet=] Ramsey[[/note]] is reminiscent with the disproportionate coverage of the abductions/murders of schoolgirls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Hannah_Williams Hannah Williams,]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Danielle_Jones Danielle Jones]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler Milly Dowler.]] This was due to the former girl being a habitual runaway and coming from a lower-class, single mom home versus the latter girls having more traditional and comfortable upbringings.upbringings.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVvVmUNBFc "Beyonce Unhurt After Stray Bullet Hits Passerby"]] shows the media being more focused on the bruise the celebrity got from the titular passerby who fell on her ''after taking a bullet meant for her'', a crack at how celebrates take up attention that they don't deserve. The passerby was even portrayed by a rectangle instead of a human model. In early 2021, when Lady Gaga's dogs were taken while their walker is shot, the ''former'' got more coverage. The same happened during the death of Kobe Bryant, when his death overshadowed the deaths of his fellow passengers.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: For many news-overloaded Americans in the late 10s, the Onion ''just isn't funny anymore'', instead being in turns eerily prophetic, painfully relatable, or overtly anvil-dropping.

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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: For Starting in the late 2010s, many news-overloaded Americans in the late 10s, ''don't find the Onion ''just isn't funny anymore'', instead due to many articles being in turns eerily prophetic, painfully relatable, or overtly anvil-dropping.
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** [[https://www.theonion.com/critically-acclaimed-ted-lasso-episode-just-stock-pho-1847547843 "Critically Acclaimed ‘Ted Lasso’ Episode Just Stock Photos Of People Hugging Each Other"]]. Published early during Season 2 of the hit series ''Series/TedLasso'' as a way to mock the show for being too saccharine and lacking conflict. Within a few episodes of the article's publication, the show took a ''hard'' turn into drama, with storylines revolving around mental health, abusive parents, death, and more. To say the article aged badly is an understatement.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The [[https://www.theonion.com/ugly-girl-killed-1819564191 "Ugly Girl Killed"]] article from 1997 that was written as an inversion to the MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome and also highlights BeautyEqualsGoodness[[note]]and was inspired by the murder of [=JonBenet=] Ramsey[[/note]] is reminiscent with the disproportionate coverage of the abductions/murders of schoolgirls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Hannah_Williams Hannah Williams,]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Danielle_Jones Danielle Jones]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler Milly Dowler.]] This was due to the former girl being a habitual runaway and coming from a lower-class, single mom home versus the latter girls having more traditional and comfortable upbringings.

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* UnfortunateImplications: The "Autistic Reporter" series [[https://autisticjournalist.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/if-onions-are-like-layers-the-onion-just-peeled-some/ caught some flack]] for furthering stereotypes of autistic people, such as LackOfEmpathy, ScheduleFanatic and LiteralMinded. While most articles parody, subvert or invert stereotypes, this series seems to play them entirely straight as a source of humor.
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** [[https://www.theonion.com/this-war-will-destabilize-the-entire-mideast-region-and-1819594296 "This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t."]] Published in 2003 on the eve of the Iraq War, today it barely even reads as satire, just an accurate prediction of what that war would unleash.

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* {{Anvilicious}}:
** Most of "[[http://www.theonion.com/article/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule-222 God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule]]" is dedicated to having the narrator repeatedly insist how evil the September 11th attacks were, which wouldn't be too over-the-top if the narrator weren't {{God}}.
** Just the title of "[[http://www.theonion.com/article/hijackers-surprised-to-find-selves-in-hell-1445 Hijackers Surprised To Find Selves In Hell]]" tells you the 9/11 hijackers were evil, but in case that weren't clear, the article goes into excruciating detail describing the tortures they have merited in Hell, driving the author's point home and home and home with every horrific detail.
** "[[http://www.theonion.com/article/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-36131 'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens]]" is an article that the Onion posts which bluntly states that mass shootings in America could be prevented without a hint of subtext. What really makes it anvilicious is the fact that ''The Onion'' posts the exact same article whenever there's a mass shooting, meaning the already unsubtle article has been put forward to readers over and over again. The repetition is intentional, demonstrating the author's point that all these separate incidents come from the same root causes.



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** "[[http://www.theonion.com/article/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-36131 'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens]]". The articles written in the wake of mass shootings in the U.S. point out that America is the only country where these shootings have become routine, and that nobody seems to have the political will to do anything about it. Just to hammer the point home: the text of each article is completely identical, with only the locations and casualty numbers changed.
** "[[http://www.theonion.com/article/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule-222 God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule]]" drives home that violence in the name of any religion is unacceptable. Similarly, and more specifically, "[[http://www.theonion.com/article/hijackers-surprised-to-find-selves-in-hell-1445 Hijackers Surprised To Find Selves In Hell]]" points out that the hijackers' actions are not in adherence with Islam's tenets. Both articles came out after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, making them quite relevant.
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*** And a decade before that, al-Qaeda [[https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-iran-ahmadinejad-stop-spreading-911-conspiracy/story?id=14620643 actually went after Iran]] for spreading 9/11 conspiracy theories!
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Hilarious may be a bit of a stretch. If it doesn't fit, put it under Funny Aneurysm Moment.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_OIXfkXEj0 '9/11 Conspiracy Theories Ridiculous' - Al Qaeda]] has the news network correspond with an actual Al Qaeda member because the latter were not amused with 9/11 not being credited to them while being appalled at how ridiculous the theories were. When the 2021 Afghanistan pull-out happened, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaHz3nFvFZg BBC had an actual interview with a Taliban spokesman]].
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** 2019's "[[https://www.theonion.com/bugs-bunny-explains-how-lebron-helped-him-get-sober-for-1834816124 Bugs Bunny Explains How LeBron Helped Him Get Sober For Role In ‘Space Jam’ Sequel]]" is a bit funnier after the actual ''Film/SpaceJamANewLegacy'' has a sequence where Bugs [[DrowningMySorrows drowns his sorrows]] in [[DrunkOnMilk carrot juice]] as [=LeBron=] helps him find his resolve again.
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** [[https://www.theonion.com/u-s-quietly-slips-out-of-afghanistan-in-dead-of-night-1819572778 "U.S. Quietly Slips Out Of Afghanistan In Dead Of Night"]] which came out in ''2011'', stated that US troops left Afghanistan in the middle of the night. 10 years later, not only the pull out happened for real in 2021, it was noted to have [[https://apnews.com/article/bagram-afghanistan-airfield-us-troops-f3614828364f567593251aaaa167e623 happened in the middle of the night in local time]] as well.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: For many news-overloaded Americans in the late 10s, the Onion ''just isn't funny anymore'', instead being in turns eerily prophetic, painfully relatable, or overtly anvil-dropping.


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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: For many news-overloaded Americans in the late 10s, the Onion ''just isn't funny anymore'', instead being in turns eerily prophetic, painfully relatable, or overtly anvil-dropping.

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These are Funny Aneurysm Moment by definition, as the Onion is supposed to be a humor site.


* GeniusBonus: If you're a history buff, ''Literature/OurDumbCentury'' is full of this.
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* GeniusBonus: If you're a history buff, ''Literature/OurDumbCentury'' is full of this.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntICHMV-WMA "Google Shuts Down Gmail For Two Hours To Show Its Immense Power"]] has the company shut down its Gmail service just to lord over its users and force them into accepting various unneeded downloads. Eight years later on December 2020, YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive services [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-LF409nk0 went down for a few hours]].

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntICHMV-WMA "Google Shuts Down Gmail For Two Hours To Show Its Immense Power"]] has the company shut down its Gmail service just to lord over its users and force them into accepting various unneeded downloads. Eight years later on December 2020, YouTube, [=YouTube=], Gmail and Google Drive services [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-LF409nk0 went down for a few hours]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntICHMV-WMA "Google Shuts Down Gmail For Two Hours To Show Its Immense Power"]] has the company shut down its Gmail service just to lord over its users and force them into accepting various unneeded downloads. Eight years later on December 2020, YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive services [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-LF409nk0 went down for a few hours]].
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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4PC8Luqiws Overcome Stress by Visualizing it as a Greedy, Hook-Nosed Race of Creatures]]" tells you to do exactly that, and also imagine those grabblers disintigrating into ash, like in a fire, and being blown away by a purifying wind.
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** The 2011 ''Onion News Network'' video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIY5b1JMvGs "Today Now! Interviews The 5-Year-Old Screenwriter Of]] ''Film/FastFive''" becomes even funnier when ''[[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious F9: The Fast Saga]]'' director Justin Lin revealed that one of that film's wildest set pieces involving magnetized cars [[https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/f9-magnet-plane-justin-lin-son was an idea from his 9 year old son.]]

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's possible the subject of [[https://www.theonion.com/im-sure-that-out-of-control-water-skier-will-avoid-our-1819584488 this commentary]] is ''willingly'' being GenreBlind to the point of [[GenreSavvy savviness]] so she can be with someone she loves.

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It's possible the subject of [[https://www.theonion.com/im-sure-that-out-of-control-water-skier-will-avoid-our-1819584488 this commentary]] is ''willingly'' being GenreBlind to the point of [[GenreSavvy savviness]] so she can be with someone she loves.loves.
** In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mCktSlyETw Animator Misses The Birth Of His Child So Mr. Incredible Could Have Consistently Sized Penis Bulge]]", is Jamie Klein the victim of long working hours at Pixar, or is he a {{workaholic}} who got so engrossed in his work that he neglected his wife and son? Would Pixar have let him go to see his wife while she was in labor if he'd asked?
** In "[[https://local.theonion.com/area-liberal-worried-his-asian-dry-cleaner-doesnt-like-1819566228 Area Liberal Worried His Asian Dry Cleaner Doesn't Like Him]]" does Rei Luo not remember who Steve Bern is, or does she not know English well enough to understand most of what he's saying (or what the interviewer is saying) and thus doesn't have an opinion on him?



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The "Ask A" columns generally feature the columnists ignoring the letters and writing about their own lives, areas of expertise or other things- for example, "[[https://www.theonion.com/ask-the-dauphin-1819583935 Ask The Dauphin]]" involves the Dauphin acting like a RoyalBrat. Said columns might have been even funnier if the columnist had actually tried to respond to the letters in their own way, such as said Dauphin answering the second letter by suggesting that is only natural that inferior people like commoners could become criminals.

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The "Ask A" columns generally feature the columnists ignoring the letters and writing about their own lives, areas of expertise or other things- for example, "[[https://www.theonion.com/ask-the-dauphin-1819583935 Ask The Dauphin]]" involves the Dauphin acting like a RoyalBrat. Said columns might have been even funnier if the columnist had actually tried to respond to the letters in their own way, such as said Dauphin answering the second letter by suggesting that is only natural that inferior people like commoners could become criminals.criminals.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgzBI1dTaFA&t=4s Man Doesn't Know How Parents Ever Going To Pay Off Massive Student Loan Debt]]" could potentially have been a commentary on how the man's parents are still stuck dealing with their own student loans, but the loan in question belongs to the man himself, instead making it a parody that makes fun of the man for being spoiled and lazy.



** However, the comments for these videos are full of neurodiverse people stating how TruthInTelevision his behavior is compared to them, [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales and how funny they find it]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRgRz3nSG7o "U.S. Government Stages Fake Coup To Wipe Out National Debt"]] has an organisation ''take over the Congress'' to hide the national debt. Replace hiding the debt with attempted invalidation of election results, and then jump forward to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol January 2021...]]
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** [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/ "Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'"]]

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** [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/ "Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'"]]Over'"]]. Written days before George W. Bush's inauguration, the article has Bush promising to start at least one major war and cause a recession during his presidency.
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Just found an example of Harsher in Hindsight from their channel on Youtube Recommendations

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** From their Youtube: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=repxFQXVsHc "Hostages Trapped Inside Walmart Insisting They Never Shop At Walmart"]] Considering the August 3rd 2019 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting El Paso Wal-Mart Shooting which had 23 people injured and 23 dead.]] It can be unsettling
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** "[[https://politics.theonion.com/the-onion-salutes-the-courageous-legislators-determin-1845865496 'The Onion' Salutes The Courageous Legislators Determined To Overturn The Will Of Voters]] is a slideshow of 107 Republican members of the House of Representatives who declared that they would object to the counting of electoral votes for certain states won by UsefulNotes/JoeBiden, despite the complete lack of evidence of fraud or other irregularity in the election. [[TakeThat Every single slide is the same picture of an insect larva]], and each is captioned with a sarcastic compliment.
--> U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan: Fourth Congressional District of Ohio\\
Sir, you have served your country well, fighting against the scourge of Democracy as well as the menace of exposing sexual abuse.[[note]]Jordan is accused of covering up or at least ignoring a sexual molester while a coach in the Ohio State University wrestling program[[/note]]
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** "[[https://politics.theonion.com/the-onion-salutes-the-courageous-legislators-determin-1845865496 'The Onion' Salutes The Courageous Legislators Determined To Overturn The Will Of Voters]] is a slideshow of 107 Republican members of the House of Representatives who declared that they would object to the counting of electoral votes for certain states won by UsefulNotes/JoeBiden, despite the complete lack of evidence of fraud or other irregularity in the election. [[TakeThat Every single slide is the same picture of an insect larva]], and each is captioned with a sarcastic compliment.
--> U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan: Fourth Congressional District of Ohio\\
Sir, you have served your country well, fighting against the scourge of Democracy as well as the menace of exposing sexual abuse.[[note]]Jordan is accused of covering up or at least ignoring a sexual molester while a coach in the Ohio State University wrestling program[[/note]]

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