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The big event television if it was done right and it was compelling the audience kept coming back and back. >> here you have topics that start to get serious and ground breaking for television. >> i dont want harm to come to you because of me. >> i wont listen to this. >> the majority reaction to the holocaust pr program has not ben without debate. >> the heat was you shouldnt even touch this subject. it is disrespectful. but timely the thinking was no, to not talk about it would be disrespectfu...

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