{"id":2100832,"date":"2023-11-16T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buzzfeed-takes-down-article-about-leftist-writer-reading-to-kids-after-hes-charged-for-child-porn\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:06:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:06:48","slug":"buzzfeed-takes-down-article-about-leftist-writer-reading-to-kids-after-hes-charged-for-child-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buzzfeed-takes-down-article-about-leftist-writer-reading-to-kids-after-hes-charged-for-child-porn\/","title":{"rendered":"BuzzFeed removes article on leftist writer reading to children following child pornography charges."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fbuzzfeed-takes-down-article-about-leftist-writer-reading-to-kids-after-hes-charged-for-child-porn%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=2100832&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L) The logo of \u200bnews website BuzzFeed is\u200c seen on a computer \u2062screen in Washington on March 25, 2014.\u2064 AFP PHOTO\/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images) \/ (R)Photo Credit:\u00a0Berkshire County District Attorney\u2019s Office. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke\u200d Mallory<\/a><br \/>11:02 AM \u2013 Thursday, November 16, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Just one day after it was revealed that a left-wing journalist had been charged with possessing and distributing\u2062 child \u2064pornography,\u2064 a \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ryanschocket2\/people-are-touched-by-this-writers-conversation-with-a\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ryanschocket2\/people-are-touched-by-this-writers-conversation-with-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>BuzzFeed<\/em> article from 2018 about the \u200bjournalist<\/a> was removed \u2064from their website.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In the piece, he revealed his homosexual orientation to \u200ca class of young students.<\/p>\n<p>The former top editor of the <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> <em>The Recount<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/former-editor-of-left-wing-news-outlet-charged-for-child-pornography-released-on-100k-bail\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/former-editor-of-left-wing-news-outlet-charged-for-child-pornography-released-on-100k-bail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slade Sohmer<\/a>, 44, was\u200c released on\u200c $100,000 bond on Monday\u200b after being accused in a Massachusetts court of having and sharing \u200d\u201chundreds of\u200d child pornography images and videos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>BuzzFeed News<\/em> published a story in \u2064May 2018 that was based on a popular social media thread that Sohmer uploaded on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Sohmer\u2019s\u2064 X account has been \u200bdeleted.<\/p>\n<p>The piece was headed \u201cPeople Are Touched By This\u200b Writer\u2019s Conversation With A Bunch of Fourth Graders,\u201d and it can\u200b still be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231115012516\/https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ryanschocket2\/people-are-touched-by-this-writers-conversation-with-a\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231115012516\/https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ryanschocket2\/people-are-touched-by-this-writers-conversation-with-a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wayback Machine internet archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cKids are books filled with blank\u2063 pages,\u201d the subtitle said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At \u200dthe time, 38-year-old Sohmer told the tale of a visit he made to his mother\u2019s fourth-grade \u2063class.<\/p>\n<p>According to her\u2062 social media page, Susan Sohmer, the mother of the perpetrator, was employed\u2062 at New Hyde Park Road School on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>Slade Sohmer said on social media on\u200c May 11<sup>th<\/sup>,\u200d 2018,\u200d that he had received an invitation to attend his \u2063mother\u2019s fourth-grade classroom in\u200b honor of the \u201cideal convergence of Mother\u2019s Day and Teacher Appreciation Week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He \u2063reported that he \u200bdiscussed\u200d writing with the kids.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOutside of that, I don\u2019t have \u200bmuch in common with 10-year-olds, so I\u200b was nervous,\u201d he said in the article.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sohmer continued, writing that the fourth-grade students were \u2063\u201cPSYCHED\u201d that a \u201cnew adult \u2026 wants\u2064 to talk to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then,\u2062 Sohmer remembered the \u201cpersonal questions\u201d he was frequently asked, such as \u201cWhat\u2019s the happiest moment in your life?\u201d \u201cAre you dating someone?\u201d \u201cWho do you live with?\u201d and\u200c \u201cDo you have a wife or children?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sohmer then\u2063 said\u2064 his \u201cface reddened\u201d and \u200c\u201cthe air\u2063 flew out \u200cof the \u200broom \u200bfor a split second.\u201d However,\u2064 the pedophilic writer then\u200b wrote \u2064that \u200c\u201cnone of these precocious f\u2013kers, like, give a s\u2013t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According \u200cto court records that the <em>Berkshire Eagle<\/em> referenced earlier this week, Sohmer\u2019s phone\u2062 had disturbing video footage of boys\u2014possibly as young as\u200b three years old\u2014being raped and coerced into performing \u2064sex \u2063acts by adults.<\/p>\n<p>Marianne Shelvey,\u200d assistant district attorney, \u200bsaid \u200dthat this is \u2064one of the most \u201cegregious\u201d \u2064cases of its type that she has encountered.<\/p>\n<p>In the event that Sohmer is found guilty, he will be sentenced \u2064to a mandatory minimum of \u2063ten years for \u200cdisseminating child pornography \u200dand an extra five years in state prison for possessing it.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u2062informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200d\t\tShare \u200bthis post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. Andy Biggs<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Many Republican Lawmakers are set on banning TikTok in \u2064the U.S. \u2063However, Political Strategist Logan Dubil tells One America\u2019s Dana Alexa and Tom McGrath that the party\u2019s messaging and medium may\u2064 be \u200cmissing voters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u200b Rep.\u200b Tim Burchett<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Chad Prather<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Spotify expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to use large language models\u200d to\u2062 help\u200b identify a user\u2019s listening patterns across podcasts and audiobooks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Starlink has secured a contract to offer free internet in Mexico until\u200d the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S. lawmakers asked\u200d Apple Inc to explain the\u200d abrupt\u2063 end of political comedian Jon Stewart\u2019s television show on its \u200dstreaming service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Elon\u2063 Musk denied a report that his rocket company SpaceX was discussing an IPO \u200dfor its satellite internet business, Starlink.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What steps can society as a\u2063 whole take to remain vigilant and report any \u200csuspicious behavior or evidence \u2063of child exploitation?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 The most heinous cases of child pornography \u200dthey \u2064have come across in recent \u200cyears. The evidence against Sohmer is substantial,\u200d with the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buzzfeed-takes-down-article-about-leftist-writer-reading-to-kids-after-hes-charged-for-child-porn\/\" title=\"BuzzFeed removes article on leftist writer reading to children following child pornography charges.\">recovered\u2063 videos \u200bshowing explicit<\/a>\u2063 and disturbing \u200dacts of abuse perpetrated against young boys.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Sohmer was a prominent journalist in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-wildly-distorts-state-bills-banning-critical-race-theory-claims-republicans-want-to-stop-teaching-slavery-and-racism\/\" title=\"New York Times Wildly Distorts State Bills Banning Critical Race Theory, Claims Republicans Want To Stop Teaching Slavery And Racism\">left-leaning media outlets<\/a> such as The Recount and BuzzFeed News is deeply troubling. It raises questions about the\u200c accountability and credibility of these news\u200d organizations \u2064in vetting their employees and contributors. The revelation \u2064of Sohmer&#8217;s actions also highlights the issue of individuals using positions of power and influence to exploit and harm vulnerable\u2062 individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The removal of the BuzzFeed article about Sohmer&#8217;s \u2064conversation with fourth-grade students is a necessary step in light \u200dof the charges against him. It is important to protect children and to prevent any potential glorification or \u200cnormalization \u2063of Sohmer&#8217;s actions. His views and conduct should be thoroughly condemned and should not be\u2062 given a platform for dissemination.<\/p>\n<p>The Wayback Machine internet archive\u2063 may still \u200ccontain the article, \u200dbut it is important to remember \u200bthat\u200b its presence there does not imply approval or \u200dendorsement.\u200c It is simply a historical record of the internet and its contents. The removal of the article\u200b from the BuzzFeed website reflects the responsible actions taken \u200cby the news organization in response to the serious allegations\u200c against Sohmer.<\/p>\n<p>This case should \u2063serve as a wake-up call for media organizations to prioritize thorough \u2063background checks \u200cand vetting processes \u2064for their employees and contributors. It is \u200bessential to ensure that individuals with a history \u2063of criminal behavior\u200b or harmful intentions \u200dare not\u2062 given access \u200dto platforms\u2062 that can perpetuate harm.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u200d also crucial \u200cfor society as a whole to remain vigilant and report any suspicious behavior or evidence \u200cof child exploitation. \u200dProtecting our children and vulnerable\u200c individuals should be a top priority, and we \u200cmust work collectively to create a safe and secure environment for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the charges against left-wing journalist Slade Sohmer\u2064 for possessing and distributing child pornography are deeply disturbing. The removal of the BuzzFeed \u200carticle about his conversation with fourth-grade students is\u2064 a necessary step to prevent the \u200dglorification or normalization\u2064 of his actions. This case highlights the importance of thorough vetting processes in media organizations\u2062 and\u200d the responsibility of\u2062 society to protect vulnerable individuals.\u2062 We \u200cmust remain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(L) The logo of news website BuzzFeed is seen on a computer screen in Washington on March 25, 2014. AFP PHOTO\/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM\/AFP via Getty Images) \/ (R)Photo Credit:\u00a0Berkshire County District Attorney\u2019s Office. 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