During correspondent Mike Tobin’s report about the guilty verdicts in the Steubenville rape case on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom, the girl’s first name was broadcast without being censored.
“We have not known, really, how the victim is doing, Mike,” host Martha MacCallum told Tobin. “Is there any information on that today?”
“Well, a relative tells me that she spends a lot of time in her room,” Tobin explained. “She has been back out playing sports, and through it all — you’ll be surprised to learn — she made the honor roll one more time.”
“A family representative says the remorse coming from the football players came too late,” the correspondent added. “We saw their reaction yesterday.”
At that point, the report cut to footage of one of the rapists, 17-year-old Trent Mays, apologizing to the victim in court on Sunday.
“I would truly like to apologize to [redacted], her family, my family and the community,” Mays said. “No picture [of the rape] should have been sent around, let alone even taken.”
Raw Story has redacted the victim’s first name from this report and the video below, but Fox News did not.
A Fox News editor’s note added to an Associated Press report published on Sunday insisted that the conservative network would not name the minors charged in the case.
“Editors’ Note: The Associated Press named the minors charged due to the fact they have been identified in other news coverage and their names were used in open court,” the note said. “FoxNews.com will not name the defendants.”
So hey, plausible deniability from the crew at FOX. Because shaming the victim is really what it's all about. "Oops, it would be awful if we accidentally let your name slip on national TV like that if you went to trial, dear."
Ahh, but FOX News isn't alone. Not by far, you see, both CNN and MSNBC were guilty of the same awful act as well.
All three cable news networks aired a clip of one of the defendants, Trent Mays, apologizing to the victim in the courtroom. Mays had addressed the victim by name, which was not censored during CNN and MSNBC's broadcasts on Sunday and Fox News' broadcast on Monday. Local CBS affiliate WTRF also aired the clip without editing the victim's name out.
Gosh, MSBNC AND CNN did it first. Before FOX.
That's a hell of a message to send, yes?
Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla said two 16 year old girls are facing charges after allegedly making threats against the rape victim in Steubenville.
Abdalla said one teen turned herself in and the other one was arrested.
They are being held in the Jefferson County Juvenile Detention Center and will appear before Judge Samuel Kerr Tuesday.
Death threats. From other girls.
This is where we are in America. Feel the pride.
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