Highlights: Why Today Was So Awful

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Wednesday Review
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Don't Watch This: Two US journalists have been shot dead during a live TV report in the state of Virginia, their employer has confirmed. (by Charles C.W. Cooke) natl.re/V4sJDL

ESPN & Curt Schilling: If I wanted my television networks to whitewash extremism, I'd tune into Al Jazeera. (by David A. French) natl.re/wPkkKL

Go Carly Go: Carly Fiorina's presidential campaign is weighing in for the first time on CNN's criteria for including candidates in the second presidential debate — slamming the network for its reliance on old polls, blasting the "political establishment," and calling on the Republican National Committee to intervene on the campaign's behalf. (by Eliana Johnson) natl.re/q2RJQz

Fear the Biden: Most Republicans may dismiss the vice president as a likable laughingstock. But that modifier has proven particularly important in modern politics. (by Jim Geraghty) natl.re/JLMpfh

Liberals & the Constitution: Whenever Republicans favor amending the Constitution — or overruling a Supreme Court interpretation of it — Democrats unleash a tsunami of mortified rhetoric. But if it's them... (by Jonah Goldberg) natl.re/d9gG6u

Annoy a Feminist: In case you don't spend your time sitting around thinking of everyday things that could actually be secretly oppressing women, here's one you might have missed: "boyfriend jeans." (by Katherine Timpf) natl.re/uzGYQF

You Tell 'Em: A black grandmother with a smartphone and a Facebook account has become a viral sensation, in a series of videos critiquing the Black Lives Matter movement and its approach to the entrenched problems facing black communities. (by Celina Durgin) natl.re/VfDrMg

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