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:06:03
Travis, didn't you go to bed?
:06:05
l had an idea.
:06:08
We got class.
:06:15
Derrick, come on.
We got Goodwin's class.

:06:21
l got the rent.
l just don't have it right now.

:06:24
-Travis, l don't need it.
-No, l got it for you.

:06:26
-You just said you don't have it.
-Just not right now.

:06:30
Look, it's my apartment, so l make
the rules: lt's a socialist state.

:06:34
l have the money, you don't.
Distribution of wealth. No rent.

:06:40
This is the last time someone will
offer you something for nothing.

:06:44
Take the deal.
:06:46
Think of me as your patron.
:06:48
Your papers...
:06:49
. . .are due the first week next month,
no extensions. Okay.

:06:54
ln 1 995, a supermarket tabloid
ran this story on its front page.

:07:00
-What do you think?
-Murderer!

:07:03
Okay.
:07:05
The next day, The New York Times
ran this story.

:07:09
The standard-bearer of
American journalism. . .

:07:12
. . .attributed, without apology,
a gossip magazine as its source.

:07:16
Now what do you think?
:07:19
Ms. Waters.
:07:23
Well. . .
:07:25
. . .news and entertainment are, like,
exactly the same thing anymore. . .

:07:29
. . .so how are we supposed to tell
what's real and what's not?

:07:33
Do you have an opinion about this?
:07:35
An opinion?
:07:37
ln an academic environment,
we think about the world we live in.

:07:40
lt may be too much to ask
of someone who spends. . .

:07:43
. . .her creative intellect on her hair.
:07:48
l thought what Ms. Waters
said was brilliant.

:07:51
Webb has come to help Ms. Waters.
:07:53
Her gratitude will be rewarding.
:07:55
But at least we have someone
willing to state an opinion.

:07:59
Let's try something else. Back
that opinion up with an argument.


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