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Is This CNN Or A Frat Party? New Year's Show Irks Local DA Amid Addiction Epidemic
A local District Attorney is calling out CNN’s New Year’s Live show for promoting "binge drinking" amid a national addiction epidemic. Earlier this month, Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan sent a letter to the editors of various news publications as well as CNN decrying the news channel’s annual New Year’s coverage. The DA, whose office is in Northampton, noted that about 37 million adults binge drink once a week, according to the Centers for Disease Control. There are about 95,000 deaths per year due to excessive alcohol use, the CDC said. While providing “excellent entertai…