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All the News That’s Politically Correct Do the credentialed media really think we don't notice?

I have written it previously: when I see a story in the credentialed media about the sexual abuse of a minor, if it is written in a manner to obscure the sex of the victim, “I suspect that the abuse was homosexual in nature.” Now, fresh on the heels of our stories about April Bradford’s sexual abuse of two female middle and high school students, this one appeared in my media feed, from the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Teacher sexually abused student for years, including in her classroom, Iowa cops say

By Mike Stunson | Wednesday, February 21, 2024 | 4:53 PM CST

A teacher faces sexual abuse charges following a yearslong “inappropriate sexual relationship” with a student, Iowa police say.

Rachel Whiteside, via Iowa News Now

Rachel Whiteside, a 34-year-old teacher and coach with the Ankeny Community School District, turned herself in Wednesday, Feb. 21, according to the city of Ankeny. She is charged with third-degree child abuse, four counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee, and lascivious conduct with a minor.

Authorities learned in January of the incidents involving Whiteside when the victim came forward to the Ankeny School District, officials said.

The victim reported being in ninth grade when the abuse began, KCCI reported, citing court documents. The victim was 14 years old at the time.

Police said the “sexual conduct” continued for years while the student attended the Ankeny Community School District between 2015 and 2018. The incidents continued until the victim was 23, according to the Des Moines Register.

There’s more at the original. Neither the Lexington Herald-Leader, where I first saw the story on Sunday morning, nor the Kansas City Star, another McClatchy newspaper, had the mugshot of the accused, even though it was available in several places. The Des Moines Register, a Gannett newspaper which Mike Stunson’s article cites, also failed to include Miss Whiteside’s photo.

Why was I interested at all? As I stated, when I don’t see any references to the victim’s sex, I always assume that it was homosexual in nature, and I wanted to confirm my suspicion. And yup, Mr Stunson’s article was written in a manner in which the victim’s sex was carefully concealed.

But The Des Moines Register let it slip, just barely, and just once, in the seventh paragraph down:

She (Miss Whiteside) also kept photographs of the victim in her classroom, and had kept a note written by the victim when she was a student in middle or high school in her desk drawer, according to court documents.

Emphasis mine.

Mr Stunson referenced the Des Moines Register article in his original, which included that reference to the victim’s sex, so, unless he’s a sloppy reader — something which is always a possibility — he knew that the victim was female, and wrote his article in a manner deliberately to conceal it.

But there’s more. Iowa News Now reported, in a reference which was easily found by a Google search of Rachel Whiteside, part of the victim’s statement to law enforcement:

As a minor, I was confused about my sexuality and wasn’t sure about my own identity. Rachel Whiteside groomed me and abused me. It wasn’t until just before I turned 23 that I broke ties with her.

Did Mr Stunson not do any more research? Does he believe that people wouldn’t be asking that question? Of course, to be fair, he could well be following the directives of his editors?

It is the Accepted Wisdom of our good friends on the left that homosexuality has nothing to do with the sexual abuse of minors, nothing at all, but it certainly seems that a much greater incidence of such reported crimes are homosexual in nature than the prevalence of homosexuals in our society. I suppose that we weren’t supposed to notice that.

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Why don’t we take sex crimes against children seriously? Perhaps just 3½ years for a lesbian in lady jail isn’t really “address(ing) teachers who prey on students”?

April Bradford. Photo via Kentucky Today.

We have twice previously mentioned the very lovely April Bradford. Miss Bradford sexually assaulted (at least) two female students, beginning when at least one of them was in middle school.

According to the Floyd County Chronicle, Miss Bradford was indicted on

  • KRS §530.064 First-degree unlawful transaction with a minor (class B felony), 11 counts. Under subsection (2)(b), this offense is a Class B felony if the victim is less than 16 years old;
  • KRS §510.080 Second-degree sodomy (class C felony), one count. Under subsection (1), second-degree sodomy is defined as deviate sexual intercourse with a victim who is under 14 years old, or is incapable of consent due to mental deficiency or incapacitation; and
  • KRS §510.090 Third-degree sodomy (class D felony), seven counts. Under subsection (1)(d) this is deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 18 over whom the perpetrator holds a position of authority.

There was clearly some heavy-duty plea bargaining which has occurred, because under KRS §532.060, the minimum sentence for a Class B felony is not less than ten years, and for a Class C felony, not less than five years. According to WYMT, Miss Bradford pleaded guilty to eight counts of third-degree sodomy and 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Under KRS §510.110, First degree sexual abuse is a Class D felony, the sentence for which is not less than one year, nor more than five years. Miss Bradford received a medium sentence for Class D felonies, and was not convicted of the Class C or B felonies.

Perhaps the state attorney general, who was prosecuting this case, didn’t want to have to put the two known victims on the stand, a fairly reasonable thing in cases where the victims are kept anonymous, but the two victims, Jessica Hensley and Mary Prater, chose to come forward publicly, and made their statements.

Also on this topic: Robert Stacy McCain, “Let’s Talk About Things That Never Happen, According to Mainstream Media“

It may still be the case that the victims did not wish to relive their cases on the witness stand, but they did state that they wanted to have Miss Bradford serve her sentence in prison, rather than some sort of home confinement.

Miss Bradford was formally sentenced to 3½ years on Thursday, February 29th, and this time Lexington Herald-Leader reporter Valarie Honeycutt Spears did not write her story in a manner which concealed the fact that Miss Bradford’s sexual abuse was homosexual in nature, the way reporter Beth Musgrave had done on Thursday, November 30, 2023.

In addition to her prison sentence, Bradford will be a lifetime sex-offender registrant under the Kentucky sex offender registry, which includes five years of post-incarceration supervision by the Department of Corrections. A condition of the plea was a 10-year interpersonal protective order against Bradford for the benefit of the victims.

Survivor’s of Bradford’s abuse read statements at the sentencing:

“April Bradford was a terrible influence on my life and caused more damage than good,” said Mary Prater. “She deceived me, my family, our school and everyone in the community. I can stand today with my head held high knowing that God gave me and Jessica the strength to grow up and make it stop.”

Prater and Jessica Hensley recently told the Herald-Leader they are frustrated more hasn’t been done to address teachers who prey on students.

Perhaps just 3½ years for a lesbian in lady jail isn’t really “address(ing) teachers who prey on students”?

More, I have to ask: where is Miss Bradford? For someone who should already be in jail, the Kentucky Online Offender Lookup (KOOL) search function does not return any information on Miss Bradford. Was she free during the three months between her conviction on November 30, 2023 and formal sentencing, on Leapday? I would have thought that a sexual predator would have been locked up right away, but perhaps I’m mistaken.

Under Miss Bradford’s original charges, she faced a possible 265 years in prison, yet her attorney managed to negotiate it down to 3½. Simply one conviction on a Class B felony yields a maximum sentence of 20 years, which would seem to seem to be appropriate. As it is, Miss Bradford will be only 54 or 55 years old when she gets out, plenty of time left to enjoy life as best she can.

We should take sex crimes against minors much more seriously than we do.
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Update: KOOL shows, as of 8:25 AM EST on Saturday, that Miss Bradford is incarcerated in the Floyd County Detention Center. Other information, including prospective release dates, parole eligibility, and latest possible release dates, have not been added as of this update.

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You in a heap o’ trouble, boy! But don't you dare call him a 'groomer'!

Gerald Spoto, mugshot via Steve Keeley of Fox 29 News.

We reported, Friday afternoon, on the case of substitute teacher Rebecca Coddington of Brown Mills, New Jersey, who has been charged with aggravated sexual assault, among other crimes, for seducing and having a four-year-long affair with a 14-year-old girl. I expressed some surprise that the credentialed media, which have frequently tried to downplay or conceal the sex of victims of such crimes when that information would inform readers that the abuse was homosexual in nature.

Well, here we go again!

Former Bucks County after-school worker sexually assaulted a seventh boy, prosecutors allege

Gerald Spoto, 41, allegedly molested the boy starting in 2021 and recorded hundreds of pornographic images, prosecutors said.

by Robert Moran | Friday, February 9, 2024 | 5:48 PM EST

A 41-year-old Bucks County man already charged with sexually assaulting six boys while he worked for an after-school program and as a babysitter two decades ago now faces a slew of additional charges in connection with a seventh boy who allegedly was victimized just a few years ago.

The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said Friday that Gerald Spoto, of Bristol Township, was charged with an additional three felony counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and related offenses, including 274 counts of photographing or filming a child sex act, and 275 counts of possession of child pornography.

No, of course the Inquirer did not include the accused’s mugshot!

Spoto was arraigned Friday by District Judge Terrance Hughes, who denied bail, citing public safety concerns and Spoto being a flight risk because he is in the process of selling his home. Spoto has been in custody since his original arrest in December.

Last month, Chief Deputy District Attorney Kristin McElroy argued against reducing Spoto’s bail because he allegedly attempted to adopt a child recently.

While the cited news report from The Philadelphia Inquirer continues to note that the police have found “hundreds of images” on computers belonging to Mr Spoto, of a nude boy who appears to be tween 11-and-13-years of age, and that some showed actual sexual abuse, it was a previous story in the newspaper which gave readers more detail:

All six men said they experienced a similar pattern of abuse at Spoto’s hands. He befriended them through the after-school program, and in some instances was hired by their parents to babysit them.

When left alone with Spoto, usually at his home in Langhorne or while he was driving them in his car, police said, he would grope the boys, perform sex acts on them, and force them to perform sex acts on him. The boys were preteens at the time, some as young as 10.

Emphasis mine.

Gerald Spoto, older photo, which Bucks Co. District Attorney’s Office said may more closely resemble the accused at the time of the alleged assaults.

One victim said Spoto threatened to kill him if he told anyone about the abuse, and said he would “move on” to his younger brother, whom police identified as one of the other victims in the case.

The victims also reported other abusive behavior, including being forced to drink alcohol and watch violent videos of people being mutilated. One victim told police that Spoto would invite other men to his home and force the boy to watch as they performed a group sex act.

So, it wasn’t ‘just’ pedophilia, which some quack psychologists tell us has nothing to do with an abuser’s sexual orientation, but Mr Spoto was, allegedly, engaging in some form of homosexual sex with adult men males.

The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office stated that some of Mr Spoto’s victims were as young as 7-years-old, and another victim reported around 50 encounters with the accused between 2000 and 2003, when he was 9-to-11-years old. Would you entrust your child’s care to someone who looked like that?

I apologize to any readers who felt an urge to vomit upon reading that, but Inquirer reporter Vinny Vella didn’t pull any punches, and I believe that readers really do need to know what is being done to children. If the charges are proven — and Mr Spoto is legally innocent until proven guilty — he needs to never again see the sun rise from outside of prison walls.

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You in a heap o’ trouble, girl It would be horribly, horribly wrong to call her a 'groomer'

Rebecca Coddington, July 28, 2023, from her Facebook page. Click to enlarge.

[Sigh!] Yet another teacher who has (allegedly) seduced and raped a minor. But it would be wrong, just wrong, to call her a groomer.

NJ substitute teacher charged after allegedly sexually assaulting teen for years, prosecutors say

By Cherise Lynch and Emily Rose Grassi • Thursday, February 8, 2024 • Updated: Friday, February 9, 2024 • 12:21 AM EST

A substitute teacher who works in Camden County, New Jersey has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl, according to authorities.

Rebecca Coddington, 27, of Browns Mills has been charged with two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, six counts of second-degree sexual assault, two counts of third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact and two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child, according to prosecutors.

I will admit to some surprise that NBC10 in foul, fetid, fuming, foggy, filthy Philadelphia noted that the victim of a female teacher was a girl. The media like to keep that stuff secret. But Steve Keeley of Fox 29 News published the Camden County Prosecutor’s press release, so it was never a secret which would keep. Her Facebook page states that she is “in a relationship” with a male, but if you want to check that, look quickly, because it will doubtlessly be taken down soon.

Aggravated sexual assault in the first degree is generally punished with a sentenced of 10 to 20 years in prison, and Miss Coddington faces two counts. Second degree sexual assault is a second degree crime in the Garden State, with a usual sentence of 5 to 10 years.

Prosecutors said during an investigation, detectives from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Gloucester Township Police Department had learned during an investigation that a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted multiple times by Coddington at a private residence in Gloucester Township during the period of September 2019, until Dec. 29 of last year.

Coddington was a substitute teacher in the Runnemede Public School District, but no allegations have been brought forward involving students, prosecutors said.

So, the victim was being raped from ages 14 to 18 now? And Miss Coddington, who is now listed as being 27-years-old, was 23 when the (alleged) assaults began?

If the lovely Miss Coddington is guilty of the offenses with which she is charged, she should never again see the sun from outside of prison walls, but the odds are that she’ll cop a plea deal.

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Journolist Linda Blackford needs to get out more often She was fooled by a statistic that anyone could have seen was bogus

No, that’s not a typographical error in the headline: The spelling ‘journolist’ or ‘journolism’ comes from JournoList, an email list of 400 influential and politically liberal journalists, the exposure of which called into question their objectivity. I use the term ‘journolism’ frequently when writing about media bias.

Linda Blackford’s biography blurb with what my best friend used to call the Lexington Herald-Liberal states that she “writes columns and commentary for the Herald-Leader. She has covered K-12, higher education and other topics for the past 20 years at the Herald-Leader.” You’d think that someone who has lived in and around Lexington for at least twenty years would be somewhat familiar with the Bluegrass State.

But, when the Williams Institute of UCLA’s law school reported that Kentucky had the highest percentage of homosexuals and transgendered people in the country, 10.5%, Mrs Blackford reacted with glee, and jumped right into a celebratory column. Unfortunately, that column is no longer available, because she had to issue a correction, using the same url:

It turns out Kentucky is NOT the gayest state in the U.S. | Opinion

by Linda Blackford | Friday, December 8, 2023 | 6:44 PM

Late Friday, the Williams Institute at UCLA issued an apology for a data error that said Kentucky had the highest rate of LGBTQ adults in the nation.

“We made a mistake, and we apologize to Kentucky and to you,” the release said. “We know there is a growing and thriving LGBTQ community in the Bluegrass State. But our report issued earlier this month incorrectly stated that Kentucky had the highest percentage of people identifying as LGBTQ. That percentage is 4.9 percent instead of 10.5 percent and in line with the national average of 5.6 percent.” Continue reading →

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When a #woke newspaper tells us only half of the story

On the same day that Richard A Green, the Executive Editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader asked readers and subscribers to donate extra money to the newspaper, the newspaper told us about an important story from Floyd County, but chose to leave out some rather significant information.

Former Floyd County administrator pleads guilty to sexual contact involving students

by Beth Musgrave | Thursday, November 30, 2023 | 4:42 PM EST

April Bradford. Photo via Kentucky Today.

A former Floyd County teacher, administrator and coach plead guilty Thursday to multiple charges involving sexual contact with students from 1997 to 2007.

April Bradford, 51, of Weeksbury, plead guilty to eight counts of sodomy third degree and 11 counts of sexual abuse first degree.

Bradford admitted she sexually abused two students while she was a teacher and coach during the students’ middle and high school years.

Bradford will serve three and a half years in prison, according to Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office, which prosecuted the case against Bradford.

Now, what information did the Herald-Leader omit? The most obvious is that the photo of Miss Bradford was not in the online edition, even though it was readily available through several sources.

According to the Floyd County Chronicle, Miss Bradford was indicted on

  • KRS §530.064 First-degree unlawful transaction with a minor (class B felony), 11 counts. Under subsection (2)(b), this offense is a Class B felony if the victim is less than 16 years old;
  • KRS §510.080 Second-degree sodomy (class C felony), one count. Under subsection (1), second-degree sodomy is defined as deviate sexual intercourse with a victim who is under 14 years old, or is incapable of consent due to mental deficiency or incapacitation; and
  • KRS §510.090 Third-degree sodomy (class D felony), seven counts. Under subsection (1)(d) this is deviate sexual intercourse with a person under 18 over whom the perpetrator holds a position of authority.

Also see: Robert Stacy McCain, “Lesbian Teacher Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Molesting Two Teenage Girls

“There was clearly some heavy-duty plea bargaining which has occurred, because under KRS §532.060, the minimum sentence for a Class B felony is not less than ten years, and for a Class C felony, not less than five years. According to WYMT, Miss Bradford pleaded guilty to eight counts of third-degree sodomy and 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Under KRS §510.110, First degree sexual abuse is a Class D felony, the sentence for which is not less than one year, nor more than five years. Miss Bradford received a medium sentence for Class D felonies, and was not convicted of the Class C or B felonies.

The Herald-Leader didn’t tell us that, either.

Reading the stories in the Lexington newspaper, one thing was very clear: they were written to conceal the sexes of her victims. Normally, when that happens, I suspect that the abuse was homosexual in nature. And yup, according to the WYMT story, victims Jessica Hensley and Mary Prater, chose to come forward publicly, and made their statements. They both wanted to ensure that Miss Bradford served all of her sentence in prison, and not under any sort of monitored home incarceration.

So, to Executive Editor Green, I have to ask the obvious question: why, with a reporter assigned to write the story, did the newspaper conceal information and the convicted criminal’s photo, when these things were easily available? It took me less than an hour, after reading the H-L’s story, to do the research, find out the additional information I posted here. What reason do I have to donate above my already too-expensive subscription when the newspaper isn’t doing more with the easily available information they have?

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Another (alleged) groomer arrested The Philadelphia Inquirer's editors must be hopping mad!

Well, I got it wrong!

When I first heard about this story, via a tweet from Steve Keeley of Fox 29 News, I guessed that, when and if The Philadelphia Inquirer covered this story, a crucial piece of information would be omitted. After all, when the newspaper covers crime, it routinely censors all references to race in its crime stories, so, even though race is not involved in this story, I guessed that censorship would be used.

Special education teacher charged with sex assault of students at Burlington County elementary school

Vincent Root, 58, of Philadelphia, worked at Chatsworth Elementary School. He was taken into custody Thursday morning, prosecutors said.

by Robert Moran | Friday the Thirteenth, October 2023 | 9:08 PM EDT | Updated: 9:30 PM EDT

A 58-year-old Philadelphia man has been charged with sexually assaulting students while working as a special education teacher in Burlington County.

Vincent Root, who taught at Chatsworth Elementary School, was taken into custody Thursday morning at the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office in Mount Holly and was being held pending a detention hearing.

School district officials said Root has been placed on administrative leave and has been banned from school property, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said in a news release.

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How many people knew about Josh Kruger’s (alleged) activities?

We have previously noted the perhaps-not-so-surprising developments in the murder of Josh Kruger, something of a minor celebrity in the City of Brotherly Love. Mr Kruger was shot at his residence in the Point Breeze neighborhood, and the alleged killer’s family have made the claim that Mr Kruger had a sexual relationship with the shooter when the shooter was only 15 years old. Continue reading →

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A surprising (?) new twist in the Josh Kruger case This looks to me to be a set-up for Robert Davis' legal defense

There were rumors floating around for a couple of days now that 39-year-old Josh Kruger, shot to death in his home at 2346 Watkins Street in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia, allegedly by 19-year-old Robert Edmond Davis, had not only been in a ‘relationship’ with Mr Davis, but had been so while Mr Davis was still a minor. What I did not expect is that, even if true, The Philadelphia Inquirer would report on them:

Family of man wanted for killing Josh Kruger says the 19-year-old and the journalist shared sex and drugs

The assertions by Robert Davis’ mother and older brother add new complexities to a killing that has garnered national attention.

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