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  • Fake News: Black Hockey Player NOT Fired After Raising Fist During National Anthem

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    Famous fake/satire website Freedum Junkshun posted an article titled "BREAKING: Black Hockey Player FIRED After Raising Fist During National Anthem" which opened: The NFL may be coddling black athletes who are protesting our police force, our flag, and our veterans by kneeling, but the National Hockey League refuses to do the same. On Sunday, J.T. Brown of the Tampa Bay…

    • Oct 10, 2017
    • by: Maarten Schenk
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