Mediagazer: Minnesota's NBC affiliate fired reporter Jim Bunner after he wore a MAGA hat while covering a Trump rally for the station, citing a policy violation (Salvador Hernandez/BuzzFeed News)

1:45 AM ET, October 6, 2018

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