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Lindsay Lohan was punched after trying to ‘steal’ refugee children – her act was one of pure privilege

https://inews.co.uk/opinion/columnists/lindsay-lohan-punched-steal-refugees/

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  • This article is about how Lindsay Lohan started verbally attacking a syrian refugee and her family. After she was continuously  getting rude the refugee in Russia punched her on the face; where she then fell to the ground and started crying. This was also viewed to on instagram live with 6.8 million views.
  • This is an example of soft news since it has nothing to do with politics. Gultanf and Ruge would say that a news value that represents this is Elite people and nations as it involves someone rich and famous

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