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She complained to the human resources department about Howard's behavior on behalf of two female reporters.Howard made inappropriate comments to and about one of those women, Page and six other ex employees said. Howard told employees in the newsroom he wanted to create a Facebook account on behalf of the woman's vagina, commented on her sex life and forced her and other female employees to either watch or listen to graphic recordings of sex involving celebrities despite there being no professional rationale for doing so, they said.A former senior editor recalled Howard wrongly claimed during a newsroom meeting that the woman had had sex with a journalism source and praised her for it, saying she needed to "do what you need" to get a story.The editor said: "He encouraged her to have sex with people for information."The woman Howard was discussing confirmed these and other incidents to the AP but declined to be identified.Page and four other employees recount