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Actually, it was less an editorial than it was an apology. After former Attorney General and current candidate for Alabama Senate Jeff Sessions spoke at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, the Daily Northwestern covered the ensuing student protests. The papers coverage was not, apparently, welcome by all of Northwesterns students, who, according to the editorial, found photos [of the protests] posted to reporters Twitter accounts retraumatizing and invasive. The students got mad, pitched fits, claimed trauma, and it didn't take long for the paper's editors to apologize and promise to do better.

There was more. The student reporters also used the university directory to contact protesters for comment, which, the editors wrote, they now realized was an invasion of privacy. The editors who signed the letterthere were nine, including two chairs of Diversity and Inclusionsaid that they had spoken will all the papers reporters on the correct way to reach out to students for stories. What that correct way is was left unstated, but for many working journalists, the fact that these editors would apologize for doing their jobs wasnt just idiotic, it was indicative of larger problems in education and the media as an industry. As soon as this piece was posted online, Media Twitter went off.

Its not hard to see why reporters were troubled. Not only do we love nothing more than talking about the failings of the younger generation, here were students from the top journalism school in the country actually apologizing for doing their job because some students were traumatized by getting unsolicited texts. We're used to college kids claiming harm over everything, but if the top journalism students in the countrythe people who will soon be staffing newspapers and websites and magazines across the U.S.apologize for doing their jobs, what does that say about the future of the free press? What does it say about us?

For me, this story checked every box: It wasnt just a juicy media story, it was a juicy media story plus a Kids Today story. It was the kind of thing I am highly attuned to pay attention to (call it my own personal confirmation bias), and, what's more, the apology showed a deep misunderstanding of the role of the press, which isnt to censor the news, its to report it. Media is under attack from all sides, from Trump screaming about fake news to corporate consolidation and the lack of local reporting, and here is the next generation of reporters promising to not do their jobs. This could have been an opportunity for aspiring journalists to educate the student body about what reporters do and the importance of reaching out to sources, even if they dont want to talk, but instead, these students took out the horsetails and started whipping themselves on the back. It was galling.

After the article first crossed my Twitter feed on Monday afternoon, I briefly considered the repercussions of tweeting about it. I didnt want to be a part of a pile-on, mostly because Im on the record as opposing social media call-outs (an ethical stance that continues to come back and haunt me). But, I rationalized, if theres ever a reason to join a call-out, its when a norm I personally hold dear has been violated. Besides, the target was an institution, not any one person, and I was about to get on an hour-long ferry and Id forgotten my book. This would entertain me until I lost service. So I tweeted about it, as did seemingly every other writer on Twitter.

The outrage machine whirred to life. First, there were the tweets like mineappalled, derisive, sure this editorial indicative of something bigger (which it is). And then, like clockwork, came the backlash to the backlash, as the more intersectional among us logged on to ask why we werent talking about the real problem (diversity in the media). And then came the Actually guys guys, announcing that the biggest problem is Sinclair, corporate consolidation, and the death of independent news. The hot takes almost write themselves, and, naturally, the story of this student newspaper has now been covered both by local and national press. Thats how the cycle works, and the crowd will move on entirely as soon as Trump logs on for his afternoon tweets and our attention shifts back to White House.

Watching students, no matter how idiotic, get dragged all across Twitter certainly takes the fun out of the cycle for me, but perhaps outrage, in this case, is warranted. The dean of the college addressed the controversy in a scathing rebuke of the student protesters who complained about the Dailys coverage: I understand why the Daily editors felt the need to issue their mea culpa, wrote Charles Whitaker in a statement. They were beat into submission by the vitriol and relentless public shaming they have been subjected to since the Sessions stories appeared. I think it is a testament to their sensitivity and sense of community responsibility that they convinced themselves that an apology would affect a measure of community healing.

Of course, it did not: Some students may have been pacified to have won a collective We're Sorry, but, Whitaker continued, their well-intentioned gesture sends a chilling message about journalism and its role in society. It suggests that we are not independent authors of the community narrative, but are prone to bowing to the loudest and most influential voices in our orbit.

And that, truly, is a problem, whether its coming from students or subscribers or people on Twitter. The system is creaking under the weight of reader feedback at the same time that ad money dries up and trusted institutions are replaced by Facebook and Twitter. Writers and editors and publishers are scared to piss off the public, and can anyone blame them? If an unsolicited text message leads to allegations of harm, trauma, and victimization, how can journalists do their jobs? The math just doesnt work.

In a year or two or four years from now, these journalism students will be entering a job market that doesnt want them: Theres news to cover, to be sure, but theres not enough money and too many content creators (ne reporters) vying for a smaller and smaller slice of the funding. So if I were advising the students of Northwestern or anywhere, Id say this: If you cant tolerate bothering peopleor even pissing them offlook for a career somewhere else. The job of the media isnt to appease the people, its to report on whats happening, whether the people involved like it or not. And if that doesnt work for you, thats fine as well. Careers in journalism may be scarce, but they seem to be booming in PR and marketing. I hear both Facebook and Twitter are hiring.

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15 November 2019, 15:42

Fans have been speculating that Kate Walsh's Addison could return as part of Amelia's pregnancy storyline in season 16.

Grey's Anatomy has pulled off some incredible surprises over the years. And now, in it's sixteenth season (seriously, where has the time gone?), it looks like it's about to pull off another one by bringing back a classic cast member.

At the start of season 16, show runner Krista Vernoff revealed that she was working on bringing back a familiar face. "I'm trying to get someone back," Vernoff revealed at the Television Critics Association press tour (TVLine). "There's someone Im hoping will make an appearance this year, [but] it's a real maybe. I'm trying."

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Fans immediately went into overdrive with theories, with some suggesting Sandra Oh returning as Cristina Yang or even Sara Ramirez as Callie Torres or Katherine Heigl as Izzie Stevens.

Another name thrown into the ring was Kate Walsh, who played the iconic Addison Montgomery. Kate has spoken a few times about wanting to come back to Grey's at "the right time" and with "the right storyline," and judging by the way a certain storyline seems to be heading (*cough cough* Amelia), it looks like the stars might finally align.

Speaking to PopCulture.com about whether or not she would one day be back as Addison, Kate said: "Absolutely. Anything's possible. If it's the right time and the right storyline, yes. I always considered Shondaland my home, and particularly Grey's. That's where it was just a big important piece of my life, and I love everyone involved on the show. So, absolutely I would go back if it made sense to everybody involved yes."

When asked straight up if the character Vernoff was referring to was Addison, she said: "Oh no, I can't say anything. I couldn't. It's like Shondaland, it's serious business. I am sworn to secrecy for real."

Well, that's not a 'no', is it?! IT'S NOT A NO!

As is normally the case with Grey's, everything is being kept under wraps, so nothing is confirmed yet. However, Amelia's pregnancy storyline definitely leaves that door wide open for Addison's return.

In season 5 of Private Practice, Addison supported Amelia when she gave birth to a baby boy with no brain. Addison is one of the few people who saw the devastating journey Amelia went through so it makes total sense for her come back and support her, and maybe even deliver her baby.

And maybe even Bailey's, like she did in season 2. (You know how much Grey's loves a dramatic double birth storyline!)

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The last time we saw Addison on Grey's was in the season 8 alternate universe episode 'If/Then.' Following the series finale of Private Practice, we've only heard Addie's name mentioned a handful of times in Grey's but fans have been dying to see the neonatal legend return to Seattle for years.

BRB, just forming an Addison Montgomery-themed prayer circle and speaking this into existence.

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BLACKSBURG, Va. Five-touchdown losses tend to lead to a period of self-reflection, and nobody at Virginia Tech was exempted after the Hokies 45-10 setback to Duke on Sept. 27, a head-scratcher of a result that had Blacksburg at DEFCON1.

Whether Justin Fuente was ever truly on the hot seat with a seemingly prohibitive $15 million buyout figure is irrelevant. What was amazing, however, is the fact that it was a topic that could even be broached a little over a year after Virginia Tech dismantled Florida State in Tallahassee to open the 2018 season.

A year of negative headlines, from transfers to dismissals to locker-room turmoil to tough losses, might have been forgivable if it appeared as though that was all in the rearview mirror. But that didnt seem to be the case after the Hokies slogged through the first month of the season, losing their two games of significance to Boston College and Duke and hardly looking impressive in wins against Old Dominion and...

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And the milestone moment was filled with faces from the past and present, although there was one particular moment that fans said left them in tears.

Warning:spoilers forthe latest episode of Grey's Anatomy, My Shot, lie below this photo.

The episode saw Meredith face the medical board, as they had to make the decision whether or not to revoke her medical license.

And boy, was it emotional.

Not only did Meredith have the chance to confront one of the doctors on the board, whose mistake after Derek's car crash cost him his life, there were nods to many of Grey Sloan's former doctors

There was flashback footage oflate Lexie Grey, Derek Shepherd, and Denny Duquette, and Alex Karev showed he had letters of support fromAddison Montgomery, Callie Torres, Arizona Robbins, and April Kepner.

And, of course,Cristina Yang - who, while she didn't return physically, sent a letter of support for her Person to be read at the hearing.

Her letter read:

"Dear medical commission: People who know me would describe me as selfish to a fault. After that, they'd say, 'honest.' I can honestly tell you that if I were dying and a surgery stood between me and death, Dr. Grey's hands are the only ones that I'd want inside my body.

"Taking away her license is signing the death certificates of countless future patients. She is a light in a broken system that she will fix, whether you want her to or not. She is the sun and she is unstoppable. Sincerely, Dr. Cristina Yang."

Basically, fans were left in bits at the mention of Cristina, who hasn't been seen on-screen in six seasons.

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Observing the comments on blogs like this one, and trying to understand the thinking that informs them can be an interesting, but sometimes appalling, exercise. Most commenters here are liberal/progressive nonbelievers, but we get quite a few interlopers who come here to confront us, either to convince us that we are wrong, or often, it seems, just to disrupt our discussions. Their beliefs vary somewhat, but there is a common core that includes religious belief and far-right political views. Of course, this worldview is not unique to bloggers. It probably describes a sizeable portion of the population.

In trying to depict their worldview it has occurred to me that it can be metaphorically likened to a human body. Each part of the body represents a facet of the total package of beliefs. The body could be male or female, and of any race, but it is tempting to think of it as white and male for reasons that will become apparent. Now, I dont claim that every individual of this political persuasion agrees with all of these ideas, but I think there is a widespread commonality that is shared by most of them. Lets tear this body apart and examine each part.

The main trunk of the body is religious belief. This (mis)informs and motivates much of the other thought processes. It includes the heart, lungs and internal organs, with one exception. More about that later.

The head contains all the conspiracy theories, the primary one being global warming, which is seen as an evil scheme by a cabal of atheist scientists to create a secular, socialist world government. Climate change is dismissed as either a hoax, or nothing to worry about. And then, there are the other conspiracies, like Chemtrails and the HAARP antenna array in Alaska. These are schemes to poison most of the worlds population, so that the survivors can be managed by a totalitarian world government referred to as the New World Order. Here the nefarious conspiracists include shadowy groups like the Illuminati, Bilderberg Group, Freemasons and others, including those Satan-inspired, atheist scientists.

The left arm is anti-immigrant xenophobia, white supremacy, and opposition to social welfare programs that help the poor. The fear here is that poor and immigrant minorities will gain political power, and the white, Christian dominance of our politics will be threatened.

The right leg is enthusiastic and uncritical support for capitalism, and opposition to most regulation and taxation of businesses. The belief is that if businesses (and by extension, their wealthy owners) do well, the benefits will trickle down to the lower economic classes.

The left leg is suspicion and hatred of government, including opposition to most taxes and social engineering, like civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination and progressive taxation aimed at narrowing the economic divide between the rich and the poor. Social Security and Medicare are the frequent target of kicks from this leg.

And finally, the exception mentioned earlier: The lower bowel, including its contents, and the orifice through which those contents are excreted, represent the most odious of all the beliefs listed here: Fanatical political support for an individual who is arrogant, willfully ignorant, narcissistic and profoundly immoral by any reasonable standard. This support is motivated by many of those other beliefs, and the policies implemented by this individual to pander to them.

Like the human body, this is a nice, neat package, each part supporting and motivating the others. It has an impenetrable outer layer that cannot be breached by logic, reason or humanitarian concernsjust as the skin of our bodies protects us from external threats.

It has come as something of a horrifying revelation to the rest of us that a substantial part of our population holds such views. We all knew that there were such people, but we thought they were a small despicable minority. Now we know better, and it is a frightening and dismaying discovery.

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In his highly acclaimed book, How Fascism Works, Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, informs readers how fascism works in modern societies. Stanleys in-depth research indicates that several nations have embraced extreme forms of nationalism, which are often founded on many of the mechanisms of fascist politics. Nations where we see forces of fascism at play are Russia, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Myanmar, and Philippines, to name a few.

Stanley argues that the dark forces of fascism are at work in India as well, where the BJP , with the support of RSS, has sought to create a strong Hindu nationalist identity by engaging in the politics of division on the basis of ethnic and religious differences. In this article, I will share several important characteristics of fascist politics, which Stanley presents in his book. According to Stanley, the first major characteristic of fascist politics is rewriting history, which is based on a mythical past.

The mythical past serves to unify people of a nation by glorifying that past. In the fascist version of history, a nation was religiously pure, or racially pure, or culturally pure in the past until the members of minority communities came into the country and made it impure. The past was also a glorious period where wars were fought by brave sons of the soil who were always victorious. However, such days of glory have been lost due to such values as secularism, liberal cosmopolitanism, and multiculturalism. Fascist politics argues that these values have weakened the nation politically, economically and culturally.

Fascist politics seeks to make a nation strong again by reconstructing history based on fantasies of non-existent uniformity across linguistic, ethnic and religious lines and by creating a mythical past, which is characterized by pride and glory. Stanley points out that by creating a mythical past, fascist politics seeks to establish a link between nostalgia and the realization of fascist ideals. The second important characteristic of fascist politics is that it is heavily patriarchal in nature, where the leader of the nation is often treated as the father of the nation. Akin to a traditional patriarchal family where the father has moral authority over his wife and children, in fascist politics the leader acts as the protector of the nation. The fascist fathers authority derives from his power and strength as the nations leader.

By representing the nations past as one with a powerful father figure, fascist politics connects nostalgia to a central hierarchical authoritarian structure. The third characteristic of fascist politics is that propaganda plays a critical role to disseminate information and it often does so by publicizing false charges of corruption by launching anti-corruption campaigns against individuals who are perceived as a threat to fascism, labeling them as the enemies of the state.

The campaign against such individuals can be so fierce and relentless that it often ends up in violence and tragic deaths of individuals who are deemed to be against the nation. This kind of systemic propaganda in fascist politics serves as an opiate for the masses, rendering them irrational and fanatical. They become blind to senses of truth and justice. Fascist politics thrives in an environment of antiintellectualism, where irrationality is elevated over the rational and fanatical emotion takes precedence over intellectual reasoning.

All kinds of stratagems are employed to undermine legitimate public discourse and debates, which often include attacking and devaluing intellectuals who oppose fascist politics. Resorting to techniques of intimidation, verbal and physical aggression is quite common to stifle free exchange of ideas, which ultimately brings about the demise of free speech in the public sphere. In fascist politics, education, which promotes liberal democratic ideals, also comes under threat.

Academic institutions that are not considered pillars of support for fascism are frequently labeled as leftist or Marxist institutions, the classic bogeyman of fascist politics. Books that threaten the legitimacy of the fascist regime are banned or sections of textbooks that do not glorify the dominant nation and the mythic past are expunged. In such a climate of anti-intellectualism, academics who oppose and resist fascism may be fired, stop receiving funding for research, jailed, or they may even face the threat of physical violence.

Professionals in the creative arts who challenge fascism also face similar threats under fascist politics. Fascist politics resorts to lies and obfuscation and there is no consequence for such unethical action. With regular and repeated lying it makes it almost impossible to assess what the real truth is anymore. Fascist leaders obtain total allegiance of the populace by propagating lies and by using powerful persuasive techniques to deny truths. In this kind of strategy, a fact is often transformed into just another opinion in a world of alternative facts.

The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for the truth is that the very categories of truth versus falsehood, facts versus lies are obliterated. One of the consequences of propagating lies and misinformation in fascist politics is the undermining of trust in the press. By spreading lies and misinformation against the news media the fascist regime destroys the respect and trust the citizens had with the media, leaving them with a high degree of mistrust of these organizations. In fascist politics, feelings of victimization as experienced by people from the dominant group are emphasized.

There is growing literature that indicates that the dominant group members feel that increased representation in the public sphere by members of the minority communities is a major threat. The dominant group believes that laws like equal opportunity and affirmative action have benefited the members of the minority groups at the expense of the dominant group. There is also a growing fear among many that members of the minority groups will take over the nation and members of the dominant group will lose control of the nation.

There is also a lot of angst and frustration experienced by members of the dominant group who feel that their economic power and privilege in the nation is declining while members of the minority groups are becoming successful. Those who employ fascist political tactics deliberately take advantage of this raw emotion, manufacturing a sense of aggrieved victimization among the majority population, and directing it at minority groups that are not really responsible for the malaise facing the nation.

A sense of collective victimhood helps to create a strong group identity based on religion, or colour, or ethnic origin. These perceived differences across race, religion or ethnic lines create a dangerous schism between us (majority) and them (minority) in which they are to be guarded against or to battle with in order to reclaim the lost pride and glory of the nation. Finally, fascism promotes fear of the threat to patriarchal manhood and family values by targeting members of the minority groups as rapists and sexually deviant people. That way the targeted group becomes the outsider, making them members of the inferior community, which, by its very existence, threatens the health of the society and the nation at large.

When there is a perceived threat to masculinity, it is often reflected in sexual insecurity by the dominant group that feels its manhood is under attack. Consequently, there is a need to project this sexual insecurity on another group. The growth in the population of the minority group is also a common theme in fascist politics. Furthermore, in fascist politics, women tend to play a significant role in which the womans body acts as a symbolic representation of the motherland.

Thus, if members of the minority group threaten a womans safety and security, fascist politics exhorts the dominant majority to reassert themselves by punishing the enemy and in the process stop the pollution of the womans body, which is the equivalent of the nation. I have listed here several important characteristics of fascist politics as enumerated by Stanley. While we may have debates and discussions to argue whether some of these characteristics or all of them apply to India, we simply cannot ignore the dangers of fascist politics from the systemic ways it dehumanizes certain segments of the population.

We cannot ignore the fact that by marginalizing these groups, it limits our capacity to show empathy for those who are marginalized, which often ends up justifying inhumane treatment, ranging from infringement of freedom and mass internment and, in some cases, mass extermination. Finally, we must remember that the most telling sign of fascist politics lies in creating division. It separates the population of a nation into an us and a them on the basis of ethnic, religious, and racial distinctions in order to propagate fascist ideology and ultimately formulate policy.

(The writer is professor of communication studies at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles)

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Greys Anatomy fans know they should never get attached to a relationship because they pretty much all end in heartbreak (sorry, but these are the facts). In fact, it can be difficult to predict who will even be together an episode from now, not to mention a whole season from now!

But, while some relationships are a little rocky like Catherine and Richards and others are pretty complicated like Amelia and Links we have a good feeling about who will still be together next season.

Scroll down to see the four couples we think will still be committed to one another come Season 17.

We will sue if these two ever break up! Now that McDreamy and Meredith are no longer together (because, you know, hes dead), Jo and Alex have taken their place as the one stable relationship on Greys.

Despite the difficulties theyve been through throughout their relationship and marriage, theres a good chance these two will make it work at least into next season. Plus, fans have been waiting for years for Alex to become a dad!

Meredith has been fighting her feelings for DeLuca for a long time, but shes recently come to the realization that she loves him. Though hes not a father, hes still young, and hes sadly not McDreamy, he is quite special.

These two have a lot to work through in order to truly make it work, but its clear they make one another very happy. We never thought wed be able to see Meredith marry someone again after Dereks passing, but DeLuca may be that guy.

It took Teddy and Owen years before they finally admitted their true feelings for one another and committed to being in a relationship, so they have no choice but to stay together for awhile. Plus, they just had a baby!ope he doesnt end up wanting her back and stays with Teddy. We cant handle anymore of this Amelia-Owen-Teddy love triangle stuff.ope he doesnt end up wanting her back and stays with Teddy. We cant handle anymore of this Amelia-Owen-Teddy love triangle stuff.

While Owen had a suspicious reaction to Amelias pregnancy news, we hope he doesnt end up wanting her back and stays with Teddy. We cant handle anymore of this Amelia-Owen-Teddy love triangle stuff.

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These two went through a bit of a rough patch last season, but they are now on the right track. Not to mention, Mirandas pregnant! Though she was hesitant to tell Ben for fear hed freak out and run, hes been nothing but supportive about their growing family.

These two are going to make their relationship work for the sake of their new baby, and we hope they live happily ever after because we honestly cant take a Miranda-Ben breakup!

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Season 16 ofGreys Anatomydoes not involve a plane crash or a bomb in the hospital, but it still has viewers pretty worried about the fate of Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo).

At the end of season 15, Bailey (Chandra Wilson) fired her for committing insurance fraud to save a little girls life. Now, the medical board is pursuing action to take away her license. Its all about to come to a head this week, but fans are sure she will not lose her right to practice medicine. Read on to see what they have to say.

The promo for episode eight is set in a courtroom, so we know the decision is coming this week. Bailey chastisesRichard Webber(James Pickens Jr.) for flat out lying on the stand for Meredith.

Next, as the preview continues, we see Bailey say, Excuse me, I have something to say. Most viewers guess that her comments will be negative since she is the one who fired Meredith.

However, fans have another theory. They believe that Bailey is going to speak in favor of Meredith. She always has, and she will now, too, wrote one Instagram user.

She continued to say that she has always been Mers unofficial mom. Numerous other fans agreed that Bailey is going to stick up for Meredith and sway the judge to let her keep her license.

Greys Anatomys showrunner, Krista Vernoff, didconfirm to TV Guidethat it would be a long road, Meredith is, sort of, stunned in that moment and taken off guard. As the reality of the stakes escalate and become more real for her, for sure, this is not an easy journey for her.

However, when asked what the season looks like if Meredith cant practice medicine, Vernoff, skirted around the question.

Well, its a complicated question. Its hard to answer without giving away too much. For sure, theres a period of time, here, where Meredith cant practice medicine, and Shes got a lot of community service hours to work off.

It sounds like; she cannot tell us that Meredith will be back in the hospital soon. We think that eight episodes may be the period of time that Vernoff is referring to. A Greys Anatomy without Grey practicing medicine has been very odd. She cant keep her out of the hospital all season.

Also included in the promo was a clip of a large group of people who have come to speak on Merediths behalf. It looks like her past patients have come forward to say what a great doctor she is.

Throughout 15 seasons, Meredith has saved the lives of hundreds of people. Undoubtedly, the judge will take that into account when he decides her fate.

Meredith has had a pretty rough season so far. She couldnt practice medicine; she spent endless hours doing community service, and her daughter, Zola, had to have brain surgery.

Fans believe its time to cut her a break and let her get back to what she does bestsurgery. Find out Mers fate this Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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Ellen Pompeo: Season 16

Since bringing Meredith to life for the first time in 2005, Ellen is still playing the shows title role. Outside of the show, shes mainly focused on raising her kids with husband Chris IveryStella, 10, Sienna, 5, and Eli, 2. Oh, and she made a quick cameo in Taylor Swifts music video for Bad Blood in 2015, so theres that.

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Get out of her way! Ellen Pompeo is a force to be reckoned with in her starring turn as Meredith Grey on the long-running ABC dramaGreys Anatomy.

Whether the actress, 50, was calling out her TV husband, Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), on his many fouls through the years or dancing it out with Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), she made her mark as a leading lady on more than one occasion and manages to continue doing so.

Pompeo seems more than comfortable in her role too. I keep saying, Im ready to move on and I want to stop the show before the ratings go down, but the ratings never go down! she told TVLine in January. They go down a little bit, but the fact that we are able to hold our [title as ABCs No. 1 series] is kind of [incredible]. Its very cool to have these kind of ratings and be on a hit network show in this [Peak TV] landscape.

She added: Its [a] pretty nice place to work. I like my situation here.

Pompeo pointed out another reason why she loves her gig during an October 2018 appearance onThe Ellen DeGeneres Show. I gotta keep doing it, man, because were touching lives and making a difference, she said at the time.

Greys Anatomypremiered on ABC in March 2005. The Shonda Rhimes series starred Pompeo, Oh, Dempsey, Katherine Heigl (Izzie Stevens), Justin Chambers (Alex Karev), T. R. Knight (George OMalley), Chandra Wilson (Miranda Bailey), James Pickens Jr. (Richard Webber) and Isaiah Washington (Preston Burke) upon its debut. Oh, Dempsey, Heigl, Knight and Washington have since departed the show.

Jesse Williams (Jackson Avery), Camilla Luddington (Jo Wilson), Kevin McKidd (Owen Hunt), Caterina Scorsone (Amelia Shepherd), Giacomo Gianniotti (Andrew DeLuca), Kelly McCreary (Maggie Pierce), Kim Raver (Teddy Altman), Chris Carmack (Atticus Link Lincoln), Jake Borelli (Levi Schmitt) and Greg Germann (Thomas Koracick) have joined the cast in the following years.

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