NBC reports UHC killer once played a party game

Jason Weisberger 8:03 am Tue Dec 10, 2024

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Breaking news: NBC has uncovered something trivial and unimportant.

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Upon discovering that the suspected UHC killer once played "Among Us," a free video game popular during the recent pandemic, someone at NBC must have screamed, "STOP THE PRESSES!" at the top of their lungs! I can only imagine the pandemonium that ensued as the realization was made: this guy played a game where the bad guy was an assassin.

Mainstream media is doing a fantastic job rebuilding my desire to pay attention to them.

Previously:
• Booting Megyn Kelly immediately improved NBC's ratings

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