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BKDem

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6. Does anybody know much the cable channels pay people for these appearances?

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat Sep 5, 2020, 01:40 PM

Sep 2020

Every time I see the doctor with the bow ties in Houston on MSNBC (and it's often several times a day), I wonder. Why is he doing this? Is it for the money?

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