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Benton, Joshua. "Did Taylor Swift really call Florida “racist”? (No she didn’t, no matter what that TikTok “news alert” says)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 12 Aug. 2024. Web. 27 Mar. 2025.
APA
Benton, J. (2024, Aug. 12). Did Taylor Swift really call Florida “racist”? (No she didn’t, no matter what that TikTok “news alert” says). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 27, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/08/did-taylor-swift-really-call-florida-racist-no-she-didnt-no-matter-what-that-tiktok-news-alert-says/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Did Taylor Swift really call Florida “racist”? (No she didn’t, no matter what that TikTok “news alert” says)." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 12, 2024. Accessed March 27, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/08/did-taylor-swift-really-call-florida-racist-no-she-didnt-no-matter-what-that-tiktok-news-alert-says/.
Wikipedia
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