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MS misdiagnosis, a card heist and Senate ad fights
A multiple sclerosis expert is fielding questions on misdiagnosis after the actress said she doesn't have the condition; the figure comes from a new study.
On air: Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman on BBN NewsroomPublished
At a glance
- First reported by New York Post: “Brazen $1M trading card heist outside PSA headquarters leaves collectors reeling”, with reporting from CBS News and CBS Los Angeles.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 3:01 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman.
- Topics: Texas Senate.
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- New York PostBrazen $1M trading card heist outside PSA headquarters leaves collectors reeling
- CBS NewsUp to 20% of MS diagnoses may be wrong, like Christina Applegate's
- CBS Los AngelesOrange County police investigating after $1 million in sports and Pokémon cards stolen from FedEx truck - CBS Los Angeles October 19, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA multiple sclerosis expert says up to twenty percent of diagnoses may be wrong, after Christina Applegate said she doesn't have the condition after all.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNext, Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, is in a family fight.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA new ad from Republican Vivek Ramaswamy features Donna Arthur, who says she is Acton's mother and calls her a liar.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorActon's brother, Philip Stearns, has condemned the ad, and WYSO reports it carries no disclaimer naming the committee that paid for it.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Mississippi, Democrats are pouring money into a Senate race for a seat the party hasn't won since November nineteen eighty-two.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA Wedgwood poll has Democrat Colom behind Hyde-Smith fifty-two to forty-eight.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorForty-odd years in the wilderness, and they're finally spending eight million dollars on it. Ominous, frankly.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd in Santa Ana, thieves took nearly two hundred fifty packages of trading cards off a FedEx truck parked outside PSA headquarters.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPolice put the haul near one million dollars, and the driver had left the truck for up to ninety minutes.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA million dollars of cardboard rectangles, and they were headed home after being graded. The collectors will want that heist graded too.
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