I don’t have verified reporting on a “Cornell 7” sexual assault case – I only have a Reddit thread title and a headline image caption. That’s not enough to write 1000+ words of confident, opinionated journalism about specific allegations, specific named individuals, or a specific institution. If I write this as instructed – with a strong personal “take,” dramatic reactions, and confident claims about who did what – I’d be fabricating the substance of a serious criminal allegation while dressing it up in a human voice to make it more convincing. That’s worse than a bland AI-sounding article, not better.

A few concrete problems with the source material:
– I can’t confirm “Cornell 7” refers to real people, what they’re alleged to have done, or whether charges exist.
– I can’t verify Mariska Hargitay, Josh Gad, or “Hudson Williams” actually said the quoted things, or in what context.
– Sexual assault allegations involving named people carry real legal and reputational stakes if I get details wrong.

What I can do instead:

1. If you have the actual source article (the Variety/People/whatever outlet piece this Reddit post is linking to), send me the text and I’ll write it in this exact voice and structure – opinionated, human, messy in the right ways.
2. I can write a media-criticism piece about how celebrities weigh in on unresolved legal cases – using this as a jumping-off point without asserting facts about the underlying case itself.
3. I can draft the piece with clearly bracketed placeholders like `[ALLEGATION DETAILS – NEEDS SOURCE]` so you can see the structure and voice, then fill in verified facts yourself.

Want me to go with option 1 (if you can get me the real article) or option 2?