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'Women,' 'Girls,' 'Children': Reporting On Epstein, Kelly Charges

Covering allegations accurately without minimizing them.
US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announces charges against financier Jeffery Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York City.

Two high-profile men were arrested in recent days and charged with sexual crimes involving minors. Listeners had concerns about how NPR in some instances referred to those allegations, arguing that the language sanitized the severity of the charges.

Financier Jeffrey Epstein on two charges — sex trafficking of minors and related conspiracy

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