How The New York Times Is Reporting on the Cornell Rape Investigation

The New York Times editors are discussing their journalistic approach to covering the rape investigation at Cornell University.
Times editors explore the thinking behind our coverage of the explosive allegations that have roiled a campus and the country.
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