Notorious Seattle Junkies: Ginny Burton

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#135: Ginny Burton's mother gave her marijuana when she was 7 and soon after she was abusing meth and crack. After a lifetime of addiction and incarceration Ginny got clean, got a degree and is now a darling of right wing media. Like unsavory local characters Kevin Dahlgren and Andrea Suarez, Ginny Burton creates online engagement by filming homeless people during their lowest moments. Ginny's associate and fellow ex-con Alex Peder runs Corrio, a player in the exploitative for-profit prison telecommunications industry. Ginny's kooky pro-cop story of recovery and its "pull yourself up by your bootstraps and say no to methadone" narrative is eaten up like candy by right wing media outlets like unDivided with Brandi Kruse, Sinclair Broadcasting's KOMO and Fox News.

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