Media Covered Up Evidence Of Child Abuse Crimes

The Strata-Sphere ^ | 10/3/06

[areafiftyone]

While the quivering right demands Hastert’s resignation (wrongly) the real news is being under reported and missed. And that is that Brian Ross of ABC News now says he knew of the possible crimes against children as far back as August of last year and did nothing.

Brian Ross of ABC News said he learned about the e-mail messages in August but was too busy with Hurricane Katrina and the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue them immediately.

That excuse is pure BS! First off, he had evidence of possible child abuse and that should have been reported to law enforcement - not held for some story line. And second, what was wrong with dealing with this in October - after those events he sited? What about November? Why not in December? What was so pressing in January? Why did he not do something to stop a predator in February? What was more important than this in March? Couldn’t he find the time in April of this year? Surely he had time in May or June? Nothing could be done in July and August? Was it Katrina and 9-11 AGAIN that knocked any chances of stopping a child abuse again this September? Ross planted this story with the help of Mike Rogers. Mike Rogers admits he worked to have this story timed. And it is strange how the information was planted on some know-nothing website and picked up magically by Ross. What, did the out of the way website remind Ross crimes were possibly being committed that he learned about a year earlier and he should do something?

ABC News has a lot of explaining to do. Their story indicates they found out about this from that set-up website. Now Ross is admitting something else. I will say it again, anyone who hides a crime against children for personal gain is just as sick as the criminal who abused the child for personal pleasure. Something really stinks here. I cannot fathom anyone sitting on news that children could be undergoing sexual abuse for a year and not be criminally negligent.

Addendum: The excuses proffered by these media organizations about why they did not pursue the matter are identical to those offered up by Hastert. So if these news organizations (who had only the marginal emails - we have some suspicions about Ross and ABC who do not make that claim) then it is good enough for Hastert and company

Update: That website with the emails is probably a front, and possibly for a news organization. Recall the site was established in July and then check out this admission in the NY Times article:

Then, in June, the reports resurfaced on Capitol Hill, where a neighborhood resident struck up a conversation in a bar with someone who had provided the e-mail messages. He said he passed them on to several news outlets. The resident, who said he was not affiliated with either party and was motivated by concern for the teenager, would talk only on condition of anonymity.

Is it simply coincidence that a Capitol Hill resident (aka, partisan operative - they are the only ones who want to live on Capitol Hill) finds out about these emails and then this mystery site comes into creation a few weeks later? We need to know who runs that site.

Also checkout Mark Coffey’s rundown of the mechanics of this smear campaign and ask yourself how all this could not be orchestrated.

Update: How old is this scandal? IBD now claims the scandalous emails date from 2003!

Now, what did Democrats know, and when did they know it?

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As it is, Republicans deny knowing about the explicit text messages that Foley sent to a 16-year-old congressional page back in 2003. In repudiating Foley, House Speaker Dennis Hastert called the messages “vile and repulsive.”

The smell factor on this ’story’ just went up a few notches.

[areafiftyone]

Republicans, Democrats and the Media are all guilty.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I thought Brian ross said he had them in august of THIS YEAR, not LAST YEAR -- I presumsed he was talking about the anniversary of Katrina stories, not Katrina itself.

I could be wrong. But that's what "last august" means to me in October.

[chardonnay]

all my conservative friends

The moonbats are joyfully posting on the blogoshpere, and discussion boards, a list of republicans accused of, or convicted of pedophile acts as if this is not a democrat problem. SO can someone please help me find the link that lists democrats guilty of sex crimes.

I know, I know, what's the point, but I'd sure like to get even on a few discussion boards .

p.s. their list is old, includes names of city councilmen etc from all over the country. This is BIG in their small brains. Fact is: this problem is everywhere- all walks of life. FYI- read OneCosmos opinion on this. Dems typically support deviants, so whats the big deal? according to liberal logic, one would think Foley could lawyer-up with a liberal attorney and play the victim card, right?