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Ken Burns Opens Up About Trump and the Evils of Social Media: ‘There Will Always Be Idiot Bigots’

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The documentarian opens up to Marlow Stern about his latest opus “Country Music,” Trump’s unique brand of hate, and why we should all get off social media.

“Human nature doesn’t change. That could be very negative. Do you mean we can’t improve?” asks Ken Burns of America’s current nightmare. “It could be taken as very positive or very negative.

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