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Charlotte Hornets apologize for gifting PlayStation 5 to child – and then taking it away off camera (www.cnn.com)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

“The funny thing is, if he had just gone out in the first place and they just gave him a jersey out there on the court, he would have been stoked, you know,” Phillips [the boy's uncle] said.

But you see, then they wouldn't be able to fool the audience into thinking they gave him the PS5, which was the whole point--a PR stunt to make them look generous while actually being cheap greedy bastards--while they rake in millions.