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She defends the retracted CNN story on nerve gas used against American defectors in Vietnam as "solid with the facts," and alleges that she is the victim of a dark CNN public relations conspiracy.
Paul Cameron, originator of the statistic (publicized by virtue expert William Bennett) that gay males have an average life expectancy of 43 years, defends and explains his calculation in response to a Slate article by Walter Olson debunking it.
The Enquirer itself concludes--19 paragraphs into its story--that "while her story may have the appearance of truth, it's false--although [she] vehemently defends it."
He rather reluctantly defends the legalization of drugs, prostitution, and pornography, and concedes that government has to play some more-than-minimal role.
A piece defends New York City rent control.