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The second piece, an opinion column by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof, was harder to dismiss as a slow news day.—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 But camp is long, and managers usually hem and haw until the big reveal, which tends to happen on a slow news day.—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025 Kendra Randle responds Kendra Randle responded to the story on social media, calling it a slow news day.—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 14 May 2023