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and an acquittal on child pornography charges more than a decade ago, his accusers say this is another chance at justice. joining us now, the man whose reporting led to this moment, author of "soulless: the case against r. kelly." good to have you on, jim. thanks so much for your time this morning. your reporting broke this, right? helped pave the way to the possibility of justice here. what do you make of this moment now? >> well, my reporting amplified the voices of dozens of brave young women who did the most difficult thing possible, rip out their soul and trust a fat white journalist rock critic to tell their stories. our first story at the "chicago sun-times" ran on december 21st, 2000. my partner and i covered the courts, i covered the music world.
UsManReportingChanceJusticeAcquittalSoulless-the-caseAuthorChild-pornographyAccusersWayJim-derogatislearned to become very cynical of politicians, of all stripes. but you could see the response on twitter, you could see the response -- hear the response from friends and neighbors, just like after his announcement. and it's quite unlike anything that i know that you and i have ever seen. you know, as you know, mika, i only can tell three sort of -- three kind of stories. they're either baseball stories, winston churchill stories, or rock 'n' roll stories. and looking at mayor pete last night, and once again seeing this remarkable response, i was reminded of one of the most famous lines by any rock critic in music history and that line was, i have seen the future of rock 'n' roll, and it is bruce springsteen. jon landau wrote that. pretty smart guy to write that in '73, '74. well, i have seen the future of the democratic party and it's mayor pete.
ResponsePoliticiansFriendsAnnouncementNeighborsStripesTwitterMikaKindAnythingStoriesBaseball-storieslast night. >> well, the reaction to mayor pete has been remarkable, especially for a nation that has learned to become very cynical of politicians of all stripes. but you could see the response on twitter, you could see the response -- hear the response from friends and neighbors just like after his announcement and it's quite unlike anything that i know that you and i have ever seen. you know, as you know, mika, i only can tell three kind of stories, either baseball stories, winston churchill stories or rock 'n' roll stories. and looking at mayor pete last night and once again seeing this remarkable response, i was reminded of one of the most famous lines by any rock critic in music history and that line was "i have seen the future of rock 'n' roll and it is bruce
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