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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Skeptic@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Why is the New York Times glorifying the career of lifelong charlatan Uri Geller?

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Why is the New York Times glorifying the career of lifelong charlatan Uri Geller?

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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Skeptic@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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The puff piece downplays the lies Geller has told over the past several decades
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    Geller was less a fraud than a very dedicated character actor that only did one role.

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      He made money off of people who believed he had abilities he did not have. That is fraud.

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