{"id":2099399,"date":"2023-11-15T10:28:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/recent-editor-in-chief-of-left-leaning-news-outlet-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T10:30:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:30:40","slug":"recent-editor-in-chief-of-left-leaning-news-outlet-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/recent-editor-in-chief-of-left-leaning-news-outlet-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-leaning news outlet&#8217;s former Editor-in-Chief arrested for child pornography."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frecent-editor-in-chief-of-left-leaning-news-outlet-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2099399&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Editor-in-Chief of Left-Leaning News Outlet Arrested\u200d on Child Pornography Charges<\/h2>\n<p>The former editor-in-chief of a popular, \u200dfar-left media\u2064 and news outlet has been charged with allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, the man not only spread files containing graphic images of small children,\u2064 but he was also allegedly\u200c behind producing some of it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkshireeagle.com\/crime\/slade-sohmer-editor-the-recount-otis-resident-charged-possessing-disseminating-child-pornography\/article_71904d80-8245-11ee-8ac7-8382ee1ffe75.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Berkshire\u2063 Eagle<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Slade Sohmer\u2063 directed news coverage for the website The Recount until late last month.<\/p>\n<p>Sohmer, 44, was arrested at his home in Otis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/guatemalan-illegal-alien-also-convicted-sex-offender-arrested-massachusetts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massachusetts<\/a>, last Friday and charged with two\u2063 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mlb-all-star-found-guilty-of-possessing-child-porn-sexually-abusing-13-year-old-girl-he-called-his-slave\/\" title=\"MLB All-Star Found Guilty Of Possessing Child Porn, Sexually Abusing 13-Year-Old Girl He Called His \u2018Slave\u2019\">possessing child porn<\/a> and\u200c two counts of \u2063distributing it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/slade-sohmer-the-recount-editor-in-chief-child-pornography-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wrap<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>He bonded out of jail on\u200b Monday and faces 10 years in state prison for sharing some \u2062of the more than 1,300 files \u200bthat police say they found on \u200bhis devices \u200bif he is convicted.<\/p>\n<p>He also could spend \u2062an additional\u2063 five years in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taxpayers-cover-millions-no-limits-prisoner-trans-care-including-death-row-inmates-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prison<\/a> on the possession charges.<\/p>\n<p>In a comment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/slade-sohmer-the-recount-editor-in-chief-child-pornography-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheWrap<\/a> about Sohmer\u2019s arrest, Berkshire Assistant District Attorney Marianne Shelvey\u200c called coming across the cache of\u2062 files \u201cone of the most \u200begregious cases\u201d \u2064of her career.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the children depicted in\u2064 the images and videos\u200c are reported to be as young as 3 years\u2064 old.<\/p>\n<p>Shelvey also told the outlet that Sohmer engaged in \u200bdisturbing chats with other adults over topics \u200csuch as \u201chow to kidnap and \u200drape a\u200c child,\u201d TheWrap \u200creported.<\/p>\n<p>Sohmer also allegedly\u2063 discussed wanting to rape a young boy. The prosecutor\u2062 added that\u200d the discussions found add \u201ca level\u2064 of extreme cruelty\u201d to her case\u2064 against Sohmer.<\/p>\n<p>Sohmer has pleaded not\u2062 guilty but has\u200b not \u2064publicly addressed \u2062the charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear if an October seizure of\u2062 his electronic devices by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-police-reportedly-arrest-son-hollywood-elite-dismembered-body-discovered-dumpster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> is related to his separation from The Recount.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/slade-sohmer-56433b151\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a LinkedIn page<\/a> for the company\u2019s former editor-in-chief, Sohmer began working there in February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He previously\u200b worked as a managing editor for another far-left blog, called Mic,\u200d and\u2062 hosted \u200ba show on SiriusXM radio.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more disturbing \u2014 \u200dif the allegations\u2063 against Sohmer are proven \u2014 is that he has been the co-director of a children\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/antifa-hosting-summer-camp-kids-shocking-curriculum-details-scare-every-parent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summer\u200d camp<\/a> since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>His LinkedIn page states that he co-heads Camp Power, which his professional page says \u201cprovides kids\u2064 from NYC\u2019s \u2064most underfunded and underserved neighborhoods\u200b with freedom \u200band encouragement\u200d that are often lacking in \u200dtheir\u200d communities back in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, \u2064Buzzfeed published a \u2064story that\u200b included a tweet \u2063thread\u200c wherein Sohmer described how he explained his homosexuality to small children in his mother\u2019s \u2063classroom, The Wrap reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Slade Sohmer, editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/recent-editor-in-chief-of-left-leaning-news-outlet-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges\/\" title=\"Left-leaning news outlet's former Editor-in-Chief arrested for child pornography.\">left-wing\u200c news\u200c site \u201c<\/a>The Recount\u201d was previously celebrated for discussing sexuality with\u200d elementary kids.<\/p>\n<p>He was\u200c just arrested and charged with \u2064possessing \u200cand disseminating \u200bchild p0rn. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z4OuFpDQsI\">pic.twitter.com\/z4OuFpDQsI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dLibs of TikTok\u200d (@libsoftiktok)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1724569331399373155?\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One tweet from \u200cSohmer read in part, \u201cAnd now I\u2019m like \u2026 am I \u2026 do\u200d I \u2026 \u200dwhat do I \u2026\u200c am I \u200dabout to come out of the \u200bcloset to these \u200dkids?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note \u2064from Our Founder:<\/h3>\n<p>Silicon Valley and the\u2064 Big \u200cTech tyrants\u2063 have done \u200deverything they can\u2064 to put The Western Journal out of business. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;;utm_campaign=authorpitch\">faithful members<\/a> \u200chave kept us going.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never chosen to become a member, let me be honest: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\">We need your help today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I also want to send you an autographed copy of \u201cCounterpunch,\u201d which will give you a plan to fight back for our beloved country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>Join right now<\/b><\/a>  \u2013\u200d The Western Journal stands for truth\u200d in this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>Please stand with us by becoming a member today.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd G. Brown<br \/>\nFounder of The Western Journal<\/p>\n<p>The post \u2062 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/recent-editor-chief-left-leaning-news-outlet-arrested-child-pornography-charges\/\">Recent Editor-in-Chief of\u200c Left-Leaning News Outlet Arrested on Child\u2063 Pornography Charges<\/a> appeared first\u200d on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does this case raise \u2063concerns about the responsibility of media \u2063outlets to vet their \u200dstaff members\u2064 and ensure their integrity?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The former editor-in-chief of a well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medias-coverage-of-crises-under-biden-would-look-a-lot-different-if-trump-were-in-office\/\" title=\"Media\u2019s Coverage of Crises Under Biden Would Look A Lot Different If Trump Were In Office\">left-leaning news outlet<\/a> has been arrested on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-more-men-linked-to-netflix-doc-charged-with-sexual-misconduct-with-minors\/\" title=\"Two More Men Linked To Netflix Doc Charged With Sexual Misconduct With Minors\">child pornography charges<\/a>, shocking \u200cthe media \u200cindustry and the public alike. Slade Sohmer, who\u2062 directed news\u200c coverage for the website The Recount, was charged with allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, prosecutors \u200chave accused Sohmer not only of sharing graphic\u200b images \u2063of young children but also of \u200cbeing \u2062involved in producing some of \u200dthe content. The alleged crimes took\u200b place in \u2064his home in Otis, Massachusetts, where he was arrested last Friday. Sohmer now faces two counts of possessing\u2063 child \u2064pornography and two counts of distributing it.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063seriousness of these \u200bcharges cannot be overstated. Sohmer could potentially face \u206310 years in\u200d state prison if convicted, in addition to a potential five-year sentence for the possession charges.\u2062 The police reportedly found over 1,300 files on his devices, some of which depicted children as young as three years old. Berkshire \u2063Assistant District Attorney Marianne Shelvey described \u2063the case as one of the most\u200b egregious she has ever encountered.<\/p>\n<p>Even more disturbing, evidence suggests that Sohmer\u200c engaged in disturbing \u2062chats with other adults about topics such as child abduction and rape. The prosecutor emphasized\u2063 that these discussions add a level of \u2063extreme cruelty to the case against Sohmer. Despite pleading not guilty, Sohmer has \u200bnot publicly \u200daddressed the charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>The news of Sohmer&#8217;s arrest raises questions about the responsibility of media outlets to ensure \u2062the integrity of \u2063their staff members. It is unclear\u2064 whether\u2063 the seizure of his electronic devices by the\u2062 police\u200d in October is related\u200b to \u2062his departure\u200d from The\u200b Recount. However, it is alarming \u2062to\u2063 think that someone in such\u2063 a position of power and influence had \u2064access to young minds\u2064 as the co-director of a children&#8217;s summer \u200bcamp.<\/p>\n<p>This case highlights the\u200b need for continued vigilance in protecting\u200d children from sexual exploitation and abuse. It serves as\u2064 a \u2063reminder that perpetrators can be\u200c found in any profession or industry, even in those that are meant to inform and educate. The legal process will determine Sohmer&#8217;s guilt or innocence, but the damage to his reputation\u2062 and the impact on those affected by his alleged \u2064crimes cannot be\u2064 undone.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, it \u2062is crucial that society continues to\u200c prioritize the safety\u2064 and well-being of its most vulnerable members. It is through constant awareness, education, \u2064and \u2062the swift prosecution \u2062of individuals who commit these heinous acts that\u200c we can hope \u2063to prevent further \u2062harm and protect our\u200b children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former editor-in-chief of a popular, far-left media and news outlet has been charged with allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography, according to reports. According to prosecutors, the man not only spread files containing graphic images of small children, but he was also allegedly behind producing some of it, The Berkshire Eagle reported. 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