{"id":20654,"date":"2020-07-27T19:20:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T00:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=20654"},"modified":"2020-07-27T19:20:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T00:20:53","slug":"that-new-toy-smell-flashback-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/07\/27\/that-new-toy-smell-flashback-fake-news\/","title":{"rendered":"That New Toy Smell Flashback &#8211; Fake News!"},"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\/oknj43Y8kPE?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>The News Desk became an experimental testing ground where DiRT tried (and sometimes failed) to do new and interesting things. 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