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David Payne isn’t scared of some silly virus…

2:22 PM EDT on May 11, 2020

As a media publisher who loves pageviews, controversy, and pestering politicians and celebrities on the Internet, I'm obviously all for shaming public figures who don't wear facemasks while venturing out in public. Not only do you get clicks, outrage and engagement from the pro-facemask crowd, but you also get all the clicks, outrage and engagement from the anti-facemask crowd that's mad at the pro-facemask crowd. It's an internet publisher's dream! It's shame we're not making more money on it.

Anyway, I bring this up because an Ogle Mole spotted News 9 Chief Meteorologist David Payne going sans-facemask at The Edmond Railyard over the weekend: