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Strauss-Kahn’s French TV Interview: Toxic Reactions

Tracy McNicoll on a scandal that won’t quit.

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The reviews landed quickly, and they were anything but good. Nearly 13.5 million French viewers–about one fifth of the country’s entire population–tuned in Sunday night to watch Dominique Strauss-Kahn's first public attempt at explaining those nine problematic minutes with chambermaid Nafissatou Diallo in his suite at the Times Square Sofitel...

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