Podbit · Modern Wisdom
Vittorio posted what he thought was a calm correction to an Irish Times review of his show. It got 40,000 likes, went viral, and the journalist started receiving hate messages. They had a call, both half-apologized, and agreed to disagree — but neither thinks they were fully wrong.
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