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Mass Hysteria Following Notre Dame?

Scrolling through news of the Notre Dame fire on social media feeds was like watching a real-time...

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08.32 17 Apr 2019


Mass Hysteria Following Notre Dame?


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08.32 17 Apr 2019


Scrolling through news of the Notre Dame fire on social media feeds was like watching a real-time archive of grief in the making, as people expressed their dismay and sorrow at the damage wrought  

But was the overwhelming public outpour a slight overreaction?  

Commentator John McGuirk discussed that this morning 


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