{"id":2127818,"date":"2023-12-18T09:14:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-roasted-for-horrible-take-on-democrat-staffers-illicit-gay-senate-tape\/"},"modified":"2023-12-18T09:21:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:21:24","slug":"nbc-news-roasted-for-horrible-take-on-democrat-staffers-illicit-gay-senate-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-roasted-for-horrible-take-on-democrat-staffers-illicit-gay-senate-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC News criticized for terrible analysis of Democratic staffer&#8217;s scandalous gay Senate recording"},"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%2Fnbc-news-roasted-for-horrible-take-on-democrat-staffers-illicit-gay-senate-tape%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=2127818&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>Reality: Democratic Congressional\u2062 Staffer Fired After Gay Sex Tape Surfaces<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/senate-staffer-alleged-conservative-outlets-sex-hearing-room-rcna130095?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&#038;taid=657e08cc9a260e000170cb8d&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> version of reality: Democratic senator parts ways with staffer \u2062after\u2063 Republicans Pounce on report in conservative\u200d media about him allegedly doing, you\u200c know, something \u200cuntoward.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, that\u2019s a \u200dbit\u2064 of hyperbole, \u200dbut only a bit. As\u200c you may or may not have\u2062 heard \u2014 but\u2063 hopefully haven\u2019t <em>seen<\/em> \u2014 a staffer for Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin\u200b is\u2062 jobless after he \u200dwas identified as one party in a two-man sex tape filmed in a room used \u2063by\u2062 the Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The story was initially\u200c broken \u2063by The Daily Caller, which didn\u2019t\u2064 speculate on his identity. He was later positively identified \u200bby\u2064 numerous outlets as 24-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/senate-aide-accused-filming-gay-pornography-senate-chamber-identified-learns-fate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aidan Maese-Czeropski<\/a>, a \u2062man who might have\u200d to legally change \u200chis name to G. Gordon Liddy to get past the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 part of the hiring process.<\/p>\n<p>Both Maese-Czeropski\u2063 and Cardin\u2019s office seem to have confirmed \u2062he was indeed involved by issuing nondenial nondenials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile some of \u2062my actions in the past have shown poor judgment, I \u200blove my job and would never disrespect my workplace,\u201d Maese-Czeropski wrote on LinkedIn, \u2062according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/12\/16\/cardin-staffer-linked-to-sex-tape-leaves-senate-00132147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>. \u201cAny attempts to characterize my actions otherwise are fabricated and I will be exploring what legal options are available to me in these matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Cardin\u2019s office, its statement was a bit\u2062 more impersonal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAidan Maese-Czeropski is no longer employed by\u200b the U.S.\u2063 Senate,\u201d the senator\u2019s office said in \u200da statement, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/democratic-senator-ben-cardin-staffer-hearing-room-sex-act-no-longer-employed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>. \u201cWe will have no further comment on this personnel \u200dmatter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, \u200bprobably because 1)\u2063 Cardin once railed \u200cagainst the\u2063 Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion by calling the Capitol a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-senator-cardins-words-come-back-haunt-staffer-fired-following-gay-porn-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sacred space<\/a>\u201d and 2) a report in <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/andy-ngo-reports-fired-democrat-senate-staffer-who-made-sex-tape-in-iconic-senate-room-has-long-history-of-making-porn?utm_campaign=64470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Post Millennial<\/a> indicated that Maese-Czeropski \u200dhad a history of posting graphic material on social media that could have been easily identified with the scantest bit of vetting.<\/p>\n<p>Give it\u2064 to the normally liberal Politico, \u200dafter\u200c quoting Maese-Czeropski\u2019s statement that \u200bhe\u2019d \u201cbe exploring what legal options are available to me in these matters\u201d: \u201cYeah, we\u2019d definitely advise finding a lawyer,\u201d the outlet \u200cnoted, not without a twinge of \u2064sarcasm.<\/p>\n<p>Over\u2062 at NBC News, however, the language used on social media to describe the order of events was\u2062 on \u2064another level:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSen. Ben Cardin\u2019s office has parted ways with a\u2062 staffer who conservative\u200d news outlets alleged was\u200c shown in a leaked video having sex in\u200d a Senate\u200c hearing room.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. Ben\u2062 Cardin\u2019s \u2062office has parted ways \u2063with a staffer who conservative news outlets alleged was shown in a \u2062leaked video having sex in a Senate hearing room. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TQqhzlri5g\">https:\/\/t.co\/TQqhzlri5g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1736121556659576865?\">December\u2062 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Note the order of events and the language used here by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/uh-oh-nbc-news-drops-new-trump-vs-biden-poll-never-result-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>, signifying what\u2019s important: \u201cSen. Ben Cardin\u2019s office [no party mentioned] has parted ways [language indicating a mutual separation] with a staffer who \u200bconservative news outlets [REPUBLICANS POUNCE!] alleged [hardly just an \u2018allegation\u2019 when this was posted at a little before 4 p.m. Eastern on Saturday] was shown\u2062 in a leaked video having sex\u2063 [wow, this very pertinent fact is situated pretty late in the sentence] in a Senate \u2063hearing room [even later!].&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those of you unfamiliar with \u2064the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-york-times-makes-huge-hunter-biden-admission-paragraph-21-lengthy-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans Pounce<\/a>!\u201d trope, \u2063it\u2019s basically how establishment media organs will\u200d use language\u200b that takes Democratic \u200dscandals, weaknesses and\/or other perfidies \u200band instead blame Republicans \u200dor conservatives \u2014 in this case, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-anyone-more-annoying-or-treacherous-than-barack-obama\/\" title=\"Is Anyone More Annoying or Treacherous than Barack Obama?\">conservative media outlets<\/a> \u2014 for \u200bnoticing. Examples:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New \u201cRepublicans pounce\u201d just dropped: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HT7jrSBZnB\">pic.twitter.com\/HT7jrSBZnB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Nate Hochman (@njhochman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njhochman\/status\/1734203885487595949?\">December 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here\u2019s how\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY?\">@USATODAY<\/a> addressed the \u2063anti white bigot <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MichelleWu?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MichelleWu<\/a>\u2018s white exclusion party\u200c email, of course:<\/p>\n<p>\u201crepublicans pounce\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RepublicansPounce?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RepublicansPounce<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KC4XljorHQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/KC4XljorHQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog?\">@MattWalshBlog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro?\">@benshapiro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles?\">@michaeljknowles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire?\">@realDailyWire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adamcarolla?\">@adamcarolla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyCumia?\">@AnthonyCumia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LGoE1FAla2\">pic.twitter.com\/LGoE1FAla2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Sheeston\u200b (@sheeston1979) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sheeston1979\/status\/1735888736242843756?\">December 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">GOP smells blood in the water \u200bin elite school antisemitism \u200dcontroversy\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qru6vfWcSs\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qru6vfWcSs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YWnqrUiYgO\">pic.twitter.com\/YWnqrUiYgO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The\u200c Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1734374017950220789?\">December 12, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And, indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-furious-ca-restaurant-owner-confronts-inspectors-issuing-citation-are-you-gonna-pay-my-rent\/\" title=\"WATCH: Furious CA Restaurant Owner Confronts Inspectors Issuing Citation: \u2018Are You Gonna Pay My Rent?\u2019\">social media users<\/a> certainly noticed this vibe with the NBC News story, as \u200dwell:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Republicans pounce <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dpIlddbGKK\">pic.twitter.com\/dpIlddbGKK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Patient (@MarkPatient) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkPatient\/status\/1736155413622505573?\">December 16, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So it was the conservative outlets \u200bfault that that\u200b guy filmed gay sex in a Senate hearing \u200droom?\u2062 NBC\u200c News is run \u2062by clowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1736130616767217954?\">December 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Conservatives didn\u2019t video him, he did and\u200b posted it online.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @amuse (@amuse) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amuse\/status\/1736164316011790560?\">December 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for the story itself, \u2063it\u2019s scarcely any better. The lede sets the \u2063tone, placing reportage \u2063before the reported act: \u201cSen. Ben \u2064Cardin\u2019s office has parted ways with a staffer who conservative news outlets alleged was shown in a \u200dleaked video having sex in \u2064a Senate hearing room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then \u200bcame the terse statement from Cardin\u2019s office in which the\u200d senator was finally identified\u200d as \u2062a Democrat, then more reporting on\u200d the reporting as opposed to reporting on an explicit video featuring two men having sex inside \u2063the \u201csacred space\u201d that is the Capitol:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn\u200d Friday, The Daily Caller,\u2062 a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snopes-posts-bogus-pro-aoc-fact-check-ends-up-exposing-its-left-wing-bias\/\" title=\"Snopes Posts Bogus Pro-AOC \u2018Fact Check,\u2019 Ends Up Exposing Its Left-Wing Bias\">conservative news outlet<\/a>, published what \u2064it said was video \u200cshowing\u200d a \u200dcongressional \u200bstaffer \u2064having \u2018sex with an unknown man in the Senate hearing room.\u2019 It added that \u2064the video was shared \u2018in a\u2063 private\u200c group for gay men in politics.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConservative outlets then \u2064alleged that Maese-Czeropski,\u200c a legislative aide for\u2063 Cardin, was one of the men in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNBC News has not confirmed the authenticity\u200b of the video or the identities\u2062 of the participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This, by the way, leads right into Maese-Czeropski\u2019s LinkedIn statement \u2014 which strongly suggests he\u2019s the guy in the \u2062video.<\/p>\n<p>How daft does one\u200d need to \u2064be? If the video \u2063is inauthentic or didn\u2019t \u200bfeature the\u2062 Cardin staffer, he would have said one of those two things \u2064\u2014 not issued a vague apology on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>One doesn\u2019t implicitly apologize publicly for \u200dsomething one didn\u2019t do, particularly if it\u2019s\u200c an allegation of being a star in an\u2062 amateur porn clip filmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/capitol-police-open-investigation-gay-pornography-filmed-senate-room-posted-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inside the Capitol<\/a>. That\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-only-36-believe-kyle-rittenhouse-media-coverage-was-fair\/\" title=\"Nolte: Only 36% Believe Kyle Rittenhouse Media Coverage Was Fair\">pretty easy thing<\/a> to deny if you \u2064haven\u2019t\u2062 done it.<\/p>\n<p>But no: It\u2019s \u201cREPUBLICANS POUNCE!\u201d all \u2063over again. Quelle surprise.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nbc-news-roasted-horrible-take-democrat-staffers-illicit-gay-senate-tape\/\">NBC News Roasted for Horrible Take on Democrat Staffer&#8217;s Illicit Gay \u200bSenate Tape<\/a> \u200dappeared first \u2062on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<br \/>\n rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How does the framing of the article\u2062 &#8220;Having sex in a\u2064 Senate hearing room&#8221; raise questions about the prioritization\u200d of information?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Having sex in a Senate hearing room.&#8221; \u2063This framing immediately raises\u200c questions about\u2063 the\u200c prioritization of information and the intention behind it.<\/p>\n<p>The article goes on to provide some background information on the\u200d incident, stating that the\u200d story was initially broken by The Daily Caller, \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stop-their-censorship-regime-ben-shapiro-highlights-daily-wire-lawsuit-against-biden-state-department\/\" title=\"Ben Shapiro spotlights Daily Wire lawsuit against Biden State Department over censorship\">conservative media\u2064 outlet<\/a>, without speculating on the staffer&#8217;s identity. However, the staffer,\u200c Aidan\u200b Maese-Czeropski, was later positively identified by other outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Both Maese-Czeropski and Cardin&#8217;s office have issued statements regarding\u200d the\u2063 incident. Maese-Czeropski asserts that while he has shown poor judgment in\u2064 the past, he would never disrespect his workplace and\u2063 suggests that any\u2063 characterization \u200dof his actions otherwise is fabricated. Cardin&#8217;s \u2062office, \u200don the \u2064other\u200c hand, simply stated that Maese-Czeropski\u200b is no longer\u200b employed \u2062by the U.S. Senate and \u2063will\u2064 not comment further on\u200c the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The article then criticizes the\u2063 language and order of events\u200c used by NBC\u200b News in its reporting. It points out the use of the\u2062 &#8220;Republicans Pounce&#8221; trope, where the blame is shifted onto conservatives or Republicans\u200c for noticing Democratic\u2064 scandals.\u2062 Social media users also commented on this bias,\u200d highlighting the\u2063 responsibility of the individual \u2062involved \u200band questioning why the blame is being placed on\u2062 conservative outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the article suggests that NBC News&#8217;\u200d reporting prioritizes the conservative media outlets and their \u2063allegations \u2064over \u2062the actual incident itself. It raises concerns about the objectivity and \u2062fairness of the reporting \u2063and\u2064 questions the intention behind such framing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic congressional staffer fired after being filmed having gay sex in Senate hearing room. NBC News portrays it as Democratic senator parting ways with staffer due to Republican backlash over conservative media report. 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