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The video was uploaded by someone named "matlarson10", who has no evidence that they are the copyright holder of the video. And in fact, their YouTube homepage shows their pro-Ron Paul bias. You are currently edit warring on this matter, you might want to go to dispute resolution. Note that I did
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to Fox19's queries. And it was never "later found that the author was Jacob B. Powell," (clearly, a sloppy mistake on the part of the editor; the supposed "freelance writer" in question is a James B. Powell, not "Jacob"), nor that the newsletters "were published without Ron Paul's knowledge." Paul
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