Thanks for joining us for another From The Headlines episode! Just as a reminder about how these episodes work: Every other week, we take a break from our in-depth research to focus on a topic that’s currently making headlines. This week, we want to talk about the Ghislaine Maxwell trial. But we know that you can get the ins and outs of the case, and what’s happening each day in the trial, from pretty much any news source. Instead, we want to focus on how we believe this case is being used to politicize the victimization of women and children through what social science researchers call a filter bubble. We also bring up our old friends bias and conspiracy theories along the way.
Because of the sensitive nature of this topic, we definitely understand if you need to skip through the episode to avoid discussion of suicide, abuse, and trafficking. We did our level best to treat the topic with respect - no graphic explanations here. But, we know that these subjects can be hard to process, so we give a clear cue when we’re headed into the section that mentions those things.
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