{"id":18853,"date":"2019-11-29T13:51:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T19:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18853"},"modified":"2019-11-29T13:51:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T19:51:25","slug":"nerd-news-desk-bf-2019-deals-and-why-are-comics-getting-pirated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/29\/nerd-news-desk-bf-2019-deals-and-why-are-comics-getting-pirated\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerd News Desk &#8211; BF 2019 Deals! And why are comics getting pirated?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jtgOqgGPfEI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Nerd News Desk - BF 2019 Deals! And why are comics getting pirated?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/x7i2b-c96f63?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;skin=9&amp;btn-skin=102&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;pbad=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Did you get anything good for Black Friday? What things stood out the most to your wallet? Also, comics piracy and the real value of modern comics has been a big point of discussion the last few days. You know DiRT has something to say about that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you get anything good for Black Friday? What things stood out the most to your wallet? 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