Debate: Is the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal a Moral Panic?

Reason.com reports on a debate between journalist Michael Tracey and professor Marcella Szablewicz over the resolution that the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has become a case of moral panic. Tracey, taking the affirmative, argues that the narrative around Epstein is driven by mythology and hysteria. Szablewicz, taking the negative, counters that the scandal does not fit the definition of a moral panic. The debate was moderated by Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein at an event hosted by Reason.

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