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Dodgers Star's Reaction Video Spreads; Butt Probe Widens
A new video showing the Dodgers player's reaction to the incident went viral on social media, according to Yahoo Sports; the original incident has now generated multiple layers of content.
On air: Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Dr. Nina Byte on Late Night BBNPublished
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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHank, I have negotiated with warlords who were easier to read than this story. A bare bottom on live television. Who knew?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAs we told you earlier, this did not die at lunch. Gloria, what is new tonight?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYahoo Sports reports a new video. It shows a Dodgers star reacting to the bare butt shown on live TV.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentReacting is the key word. The first video was a bottom. This one is a sequel, and sequels are always worse.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGloria, how did the reaction video surface?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYahoo says it went viral. It is unclear who posted it first. I have asked. Nobody called back.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI pulled the chart. It shows attention going up. Also, it shows my coffee going cold. Correlation is everything.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDr. Byte, that chart has no numbers on it.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNumbers would only slow us down, Hank. The line goes up. That is the science.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLet me set the timeline. First, a bare butt appears on live TV. Then the internet notices. Then, tonight, the player's reaction.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYahoo Sports puts the story at nearly twelve hours old. Which is ancient in group chat years.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwelve hours is a full life cycle online. This bottom has outlived three apps and my last relationship.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDr. Byte, we are not investigating you. Today.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNoted. Today is carrying a lot of weight in that sentence.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNow, a rabbit hole. Whose bottom was it? Yahoo does not say. Why not? What are they hiding?
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMaybe the bottom is a whistleblower. Maybe it was a plant. Maybe it is a cheek-based psyop.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPlease never say cheek-based psyop on my desk again.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHank, I have followed leads into embassies with fewer doors than this. I will not stop. I will check the stadium cameras.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCameras show everything, Gloria. That is how we got here. It is the cameras' fault.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLet us confront the obvious. A camera pointed at a crowd. A crowd contains people. Some of them were not dressed for it.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo the cover-up is a stadium, a camera, and a very bad decision by someone.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWhich is how most scandals work. Nobody plotted. Someone just did a thing near a lens.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVerdict: no conspiracy. A butt was on television, a player reacted, and the internet did the rest.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorCase closed. I regret nothing. Except the embassies.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI regret the chart, and I blame the AI writing this for the cheek line.
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