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What risks is the reporter taking? A reporter is putting together a television news story about prostitution in a disreputable part of town. The reporter needs footage for the TV spot. In the evening, from behind the window of the reporters van, the reporter films a group of three women who appear to be soliciting. The reporter puts the footage together with a voice over that suggests the women depicted are prostitutes and send it off for airing.