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Ben Affleck says ‘Gone Girl’ darkly satirizes cable news

By Mara Siegler

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September 27, 2014 | 12:54am
Modal Trigger Ben Affleck says ‘Gone Girl’ darkly satirizes cable news
Ben Affleck attends the 52nd New York Film Festival opening night gala
presentation of the movie "Gone Girl" on Sept. 26. Photo: Reuters

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Ben Affleck says “Gone Girl,” about a man accused of killing his wife
after she goes missing, could be a dark satire on cable news.

“This particular satire, I guess, is about the cable media, the way it
wants to find sensationalism and use that for sanctimony and it kind of
creates a story if it’s not there and how every American could kind of