Journalists are forced to develop a thick skin.

Despite our best efforts, reporters and editors receive hate mail on a regular basis. We鈥檙e labelled everything from 鈥渉uman cockroaches,鈥� to people who 鈥減rey on the misery of others,鈥� and told to 鈥済et educated not medicated.鈥�

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Many of the comments, we can鈥檛 reprint here.

Then there鈥檚 鈥渇ake news,鈥� a term popularized by U.S. President Donald Trump that has been used to discredit the news media around the world since his presidential campaign began.

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For years, TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has asked celebrities to read mean social media comments about them on camera, both for his viewers鈥� entertainment and to take the sting out of the cruel words.

The first one, , has nearly 56 million views.

So, we have filmed ourselves retelling the best of the worst complaints, accusations, and rants 鈥� bleeping out the naughty bits of course 鈥� in our first annual compilation of Hate Mail.

Warning: The language in this video may offend some viewers.

arnold.lim@blackpress.ca
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