Top Tweets for #TheyWereChildren

Dua Lipa on the Epstein files: “The way the crimes have been reported does such a disservice to the victims. Stories talk about underage girls and sex parties rather than writing about victims who are children who were trafficked and raped. It’s almost putting everything under a veil to protect — I don’t know — the reader, or to mask what is actually happening.” She’s right. Language is not neutral. “Sex parties” obscures child rape. “Underage girls” obscures child victims. “Jeffery Epstein’s associates” obscures child traffickers. “Controversial financier” obscures a convicted sex offender. The media’s language choices for 20 years protected the powerful and erased the children. The Deputy AG admitted withholding footage of “death, physical abuse, and injury.” Half of 6 million documents remain sealed. The House Oversight Committee just subpoenaed Pam Bondi for April 14th. Thomas Massie is threatening to read the names on the House floor. A prison guard who was there the night Epstein died testifies before Congress this month. Dua Lipa said what every journalist covering this should have said years ago. They were children. Say that part. Never stop connecting the dots.