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Leonard Pitts: How yesteryear’s moral panic becomes today’s soft sell

People tend to forget the power of American marketing to absorb and commodify that which once frightened and appalled.

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In this May 7, 2017 file photo, Snoop Dogg, left, and Martha Stewart pose in the press room at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in Los Angeles.

(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) In this May 7, 2017 file photo, Snoop Dogg, left, and Martha Stewart pose in the press room at the MTV Movie and TV Awards in Los Angeles.