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Ron Currie Jr.’s “Have You Seen Ayla Reynolds?” is a very opinionated and biased piece. He paints a very strong picture of Waterville and Arundel with anecdotes, moreover doing his best to persuade the reader to agree with his extreme negative views on these small Maine communities. Currie states that his hope for seeing Ayla Reynolds had diminished “--since the day our voyeuristic proxy, the media, descended and Nancy Grace primped her hair and punched the clock and counted down three, two, one….” Today’s news is more about catching people’s attention by sensationalizing stories and demonizing people to get more views in hopes of obtain more money. They have lost their true focus as our informants on today’s events and true news, it seems
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