EPISODE · Oct 16, 2021 · 17 MIN
The NFL and Big Tobacco
from Welcome to the Machine · host Glen Hines
What if the same law firms that represented Big Tobacco also represented the NFL? Would that raise any questions in your mind? We know what happened to Big Tobacco after decades of claiming that nicotine was not addictive and covering up the link between smoking and deadly diseases like lung cancer. It cost Big Tobacco 246 billion dollars. Big Tobacco's disinformation campaign was led by some prominent law firms. And it just so happens that the NFL has employed the same law firms as Big Tobacco. Is there a pattern here?
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What if the same law firms that represented Big Tobacco also represented the NFL? Would that raise any questions in your mind? We know what happened to Big Tobacco after decades of claiming that nicotine was not addictive and covering up the link between smoking and deadly diseases like lung cancer. It cost Big Tobacco 246 billion dollars. Big Tobacco's disinformation campaign was led by some prominent law firms. And it just so happens that the NFL has employed the same law firms as Big Tobacco. Is there a pattern here?
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