The Least Titillating Take on the Michael Jackson Case
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Copyediting blog Scriptae Viri Commenticii takes apart the lede to CNN’s Michael Jackson story:
“Michael Jackson’s teenage accuser said Thursday that the pop star manually stimulated him on two separate occasions-and tried to get the then-13 year old to do the same to him during overnight sleepovers at Jackson’s Neverland Ranch two years ago.”
Can you find out how to clean that up? Take a stab and then see the correct answer.

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