San Francisco Radio Host Bernie Ward Indicted on Child Porn Charges

Fox News ^ | December 07, 2007

[Sopater]

SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco radio talk show host pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges after surrendering to authorities Thursday.

The specifics of the allegations against Bernie Ward, 56, remain under seal. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco did not immediately return a call.

Ward, frequently called the "lion of the left" for his staunchly liberal views, hosts a nightly news talk program on KGO-AM 810 as well as a program called GodTalk on Sundays. He produced an award-winning series that explored allegations of financial and sexual misconduct in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, according to the KGO Web site.

[Sopater]

Bernie Ward

[chopperman]

It looks like he had inside information.

[Red Badger]

He produced an award-winning series that explored allegations of financial and sexual misconduct in the Archdiocese of San Francisco

God does have a sense of humor.......

[AdvisorB]

I remember that loudmouthed bully shouting his leftzi talking points on the Factor.

His strange antics and weird way is perfectly consistent with the charges. Listening to his mindless harrangues, he seemed to me like an oversized pervert.

[Vaquero]

“Lyin’ Of The Left”?

Now thats redundant.

[Holicheese]

A lefty pervert in San Francisco??? No way. I have never heard of such a thing!!

[OCCASparky]

The word, ladies and gentlemen, is schadenfreude.

[randog]

He produced an award-winning series that explored allegations of financial and sexual misconduct in the Archdiocese of San Francisco...

Any bets that his defense includes claims of being molested by a priest?

[Sopater]

[AdvisorB]

LOL!!

Yeah, I suppose I would be shocked if he wasn’t.

[OKIEDOC]

I am surprised that this guy isn’t the high priest to the Clinton's and their perverted view of society.

[crazydad]

I always hated this fat slob from my days way back in the bay area. DONT DROP THE SOAP BERNIE!

[Brujo]

From later in the article:

“Bernie was in the process of writing a book about hypocrisy in America,” Weinberg told The AP. “As part of it, for a few days in December of 2004, he accessed child pornography.”

Since that time, Ward and his attorneys have tried to convince investigators that his efforts were done in the pursuit of journalism, Weinberg said.

From the article at KTVU:

Weinberg said the case stems from an “error of judgment” Ward made when he spent a few days in 2004 looking at pornography images and exchanging images with other adults when doing research for a book on hypocrisy.

I could almost believe that someone who was relatively unsophisticated about configuring web browsers might “accidently” get slammed to a porn site and have a bunch of image popups splatter across their screen, but it's pretty hard to explain actively exchanging pornographic images.

I guess being a journalist and writing a book means it's OK to commit crimes. The people of San Francisco are lucky he wasn't researching a new book on Jack the Ripper.

By the way, according to the same KTVU article: Ward never finished the book because the FBI searched his house and seized his hard drive in early 2005, the attorney said.

[murdoog]

He doesn’t look as fat there as he does on TV. Is it an old picture?

[thulldud]

I guess being a journalist and writing a book means it's OK to commit crimes.

Actually, when you're a leftist, crimes are a "resume enhancement" (Rush's term.)

[dfwgator]

He’s the epitome of “San Francisco Values.”

[17th Miss Regt]

For liberals, child pornography is a family value.

[Larebil]

Gee a liberal POS. Who would have thunk?

[Neoliberalnot]

Hey, it is a sexual preference. This guy is a loving member and supporter of the GLBT alliance in San Fransicko.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

In September I flew into SF late one night, rented a car and drove up to northern CA. On the radio I heard the most inane argument regarding the provision of health care as a right, and it was this Bernie Ward fellow supporting Dennis Kuccinich’s plan to extend Medicare to everyone. Anyone with an IQ over 85 understands why that will not work, but Bernie wouldn’t let it drop. What a fool. And the “I was just doing research” excuse expired years ago.