…National Media Silent!
CNS-NEWS discusses the almost blackout status of this via an influential media source… television:
- FoxNews.com, CNN.com (CNN Wire), CBSNews.com, NBCWashington.com, and WashingtonPost.com posted stories online about the case, as did some other local and state media. To date, however, no national news network — ABC, CBS, NBC — has covered the story in its evening or morning broadcasts, based on a search of the Nexis news database.
GAY PATRIOT notes “THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN NATIONAL NEWS IF HE WERE A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST.”
All of Bell’s victims reportedly were boys.
Previous to the excerpt above, CNS-NEWS noted some other aspects of this abuse:
….As the summer progressed and police uncovered more evidence, the criminal counts rose. As of late October, Bell was charged with 206 counts. These include 22 counts of sexual abuse of a minor, 19 counts of second-degree sex offense, 7 counts of third-degree sex offense, and 97 counts of child pornography.
Bell allegedly victimized 42 juveniles, forcing them to engage in sexual acts and filming them during these acts. The victims were between the ages of 11 and 17 and the crimes occurred between May 2015 and June 2017. Twenty-eight of those kids have been identified but 14 have not been identified. Some of the crimes occurred in Bell’s home but many of them took place on school premises, according to the local media that have reported on the case, WTOP and WJLA (ABC 7)….
In other news, a well-known Republican was convicted of (he pleaded guilty to essentially) sexually abusing 4-boys:
(CNN) Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert sexually abused at least four boys when he coached wrestling at a high school in Illinois decades ago, federal prosecutors said.
In documents released Friday, prosecutors detailed stunning allegations against Hastert, the longest-running Republican speaker of the House….
….Accuser allegedly paid off… Massages, sex acts alleged…