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TIL the TV movie 'Without Warning' presented as if it were an actual breaking news about meteor fragments crashing into the Earth created an uproar. Channels ABC, Fox, & NBC were flooded with complaints, asking them why they were not covering this event at the same time that CBS was covering it.

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