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8) Smith "championed the downtrodden and elevated the voices of people who would never have gotten in this paper."
9) Smith invented those voices instead of doing the work of talking to real downtrodden people.
Non-celebrities have less claim on Leibovitz, on her time, money, and curiosity, and therefore a reduced impact on us--although it must also be said that Leibovitz makes distinctions between non-celebrities, according an empathy and humanity to inspiring professionals that she can't seem to extend to the abjectly downtrodden.
He joins a tiny public-interest group representing the poor and downtrodden.
Months after his pronouncement, he ousted and replaced Stambolic as head of Serbia's Communist Party, accusing him of not being supportive enough of downtrodden Serbs.