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Patriot Front member pleads guilty to possessing child pornography (www.jpost.com)

submitted 1 year ago by DevCat@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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28-year-old Patriot Front member Jared Boyce plead guilty to possession of child pornography, and eight other related offenses, in a Utah court in April., according to local news media sources who publicized the guilty plea on Saturday.

Boyce will face up to 30 years in prison at the upcoming sentencing on Tuesday.

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[–] maporita@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Patriot Front is one of the groups that perpetuate the conspiracy theory about the secret Democratic cabal of child sex abusers. So the emphasis here is quite relevant. It's like saying "anti-LGBTQ man arrested for soliciting gay sex" (something that also seems to happen with depressing frequency). If membership of a group is relevant to the alleged crime then or course it should be noted.

[–] duckpunch@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I guess what you're saying is that the hypocrisy is worth highlighting? I'd agree with that as long as the subject is worth reporting on to begin with. As mentioned in a previous comment, he may or may not be a newsworthy figure, but I had never heard of him prior.

anti-LGBTQ man arrested for soliciting gay sex

This would be an uninteresting headline to me, too. Anything of the format <member of group> arrested/charged/etc for <crime> is usually uninteresting. This is because in most cases, <member of group> is hardly ever newsworthy. I think the reason any news organization ever publishes something like that is to drive engagement for revenue. The engagement comes from stirring emotions, not from reporting on topics that matter.

The newsworthy exception is if the figure was prominent and had a real effect on society (e.g. the Harlan Crow / Clarence Thomas stuff).

Anyway, I do appreciate that your comment seems to be in good faith (compared to some of the others in the thread).