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Why PJ Media's Reporting on the 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Matters
PJMEDIA ^ | 7/13/2022 | paula bolyard

Posted on 07/14/2022 8:25:53 AM PDT by bitt

On Tuesday night we learned that Gerson Fuentes, an illegal alien from Guatemala living in Columbus, Ohio, confessed to raping a young girl who was just nine years old at the time. A little girl who should be playing with Barbies and My Little Ponies and jumping rope on the playground.

When you report on a story like this, you go into it hoping it’s not true. It’s hard to process the utter depravity of someone who would rape a child. It’s our job to read the police reports and the detailed descriptions of the crimes when we investigate these stories, but it’s never easy. You get a sick feeling in your stomach that takes a long time to go away.

In the case of the 10-year-old rape victim, the story was first reported by the Indianapolis Star, which apparently made no attempt to verify whether it was true—or at least refused to back up the story with evidence, leading even the Washington Post’s fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, to call out the newspaper for its thinly sourced reporting. In fact, the story relied on the word of Caitlin Bernard, an abortion doctor/activist in Indiana. She claimed that a 10-year-old had to cross state lines in order to obtain an abortion because Ohio law would not permit it. In fact, Ohio’s heartbeat law has a stipulation that allows doctors to perform an abortion if he or she deems it a “medical emergency.” No court appearance is required, and no judge must be consulted—the doctor has the authority to make that call on his own.

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To: bitt
Here’s my take.

The rapist is mama’s boyfriend and that’s why she took her daughter out of state to Indiana. Not to have an abortion but to hide an abortion and keep her boyfriend out of trouble.

It makes sense.

21 posted on 07/14/2022 2:25:56 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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The rapist is mama’s boyfriend and that’s why she took her daughter out of state to Indiana. Not to have an abortion but to hide an abortion and keep her boyfriend out of trouble. It makes sense.

I agree with you. Gerson Fuentes is 27. If the mom is an obese underclass woman in her 30's, having someone like Fuentes may seem like a status boost. But the price is access to her daughter.

I had a lady friend who was telling me her new boyfriend wanted to spend more time with her 15 year old daughter. I told her, "wake up, he wants to sleep with your daughter".

22 posted on 07/14/2022 2:33:42 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
My take? This girl was part of a sex trafficking ring and various Columbus officials knew about it and even took part in it.

Nope, not that extreme.

It’s simple. The rapist is mama’s boyfriend and she took the girl to Indiana to keep him out of trouble.

Bet on it.

23 posted on 07/14/2022 2:44:53 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Drew68

Actually, my first reaction was, “sure, a hard to background check illegal alien out of nowhere suddenly confessed, how convenient”. Still no word about original story single sourcing, and no explanation as to why the AG couldn’t find any info on this. It. Didn’t. Happen. She. Doesn’t. Exist.


24 posted on 07/16/2022 7:35:06 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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