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At last check, 374 Post readers “like” the story about Christopher Hitchens being diagnosed with cancer. Dan Duray asks: “Do they actually like the idea that the man has cancer? Are they just trying to tell their friends the news? At any rate, it’s a case of bad news made worse by social networking.”
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What are WP readers trying to say when they ‘like’ the story about Hitchens’ cancer?
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