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Dana Bash

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american reporter and anchorwoman for cnn who currently covers the capitol hill beat alongside jessica yellin a”. Today it says “american journalist”.
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Dana Bash (born Dana Ruth Schwartz ; June 15, 1971) is an American journalist and anchorwoman for CNN who currently covers Capitol Hill.1 Previous to this assignment, she was a White House correspondent for the network. After completing her undergraduate political communications B.A. degree at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. , she joined CNN as Dana Schwartz. Before becoming an on-air reporter, she was a producer for CNN on Capitol Hill, specializing in coverage of the U.S. Previous to that assignment, she produced for CNN's weekend programs, Late Edition , Evans & Novak , and Inside Politics .2

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american reporter and anchorwoman for cnn who currently covers the capitol hill beat alongside jessica yellin a”. Today it says “american journalist”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

american reporter and anchorwoman for cnn who currently covers the capitol hill beat alongside jessica yellin a

Now

american journalist

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