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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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EDITORIAL: Sensationalized "Cecil the lion" story is exemplary of outrage journalism

EDITORIAL: Sensationalized “Cecil the lion” story is exemplary of outrage journalism

Editors September 8, 2015

Back in July, Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer took a trophy-hunting trip to Zimbabwe, where he reportedly tracked and killed Cecil, the country’s most beloved lion. Controversy erupted around the issue,...

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