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San Francisco Radio Host Bernie Ward Indicted on Child Porn Charges
Fox News ^
| December 07, 2007
Posted on 12/07/2007 6:38:58 AM PST by 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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: sexoffender
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Bernie Ward
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posted on
12/07/2007 6:38:59 AM PST
by
Sopater
To: Sopater
It looks like he had inside information.
To: Sopater
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.......
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posted on
12/07/2007 6:46:09 AM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: Sopater
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.
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posted on
12/07/2007 6:47:39 AM PST
by
AdvisorB
("A Hillary Clinton presidency would result in a weaker economy and a weaker America" Dick Morris)
To: Sopater
“Lyin’ Of The Left”?
Now thats redundant.
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posted on
12/07/2007 6:51:14 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: Mr.Smorch
A lefty pervert in San Francisco??? No way. I have never heard of such a thing!!
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posted on
12/07/2007 6:51:15 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(1-21-09 Hillary starts to destroy America!)
To: Sopater
The word, ladies and gentlemen, is schadenfreude.
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posted on
12/07/2007 6:59:09 AM PST
by
OCCASparky
(Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
To: Sopater
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?
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:02:19 AM PST
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: Sopater
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:03:29 AM PST
by
Sopater
(A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
To: Holicheese
LOL!!
Yeah, I suppose I would be shocked if he wasn’t.
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:04:06 AM PST
by
AdvisorB
("A Hillary Clinton presidency would result in a weaker economy and a weaker America" Dick Morris)
To: Sopater
I am surprised that this guy isn’t the high priest to the Clinton's and their perverted view of society.
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:10:43 AM PST
by
OKIEDOC
(Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
To: Sopater
I always hated this fat slob from my days way back in the bay area. DONT DROP THE SOAP BERNIE!
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:15:05 AM PST
by
crazydad
To: Sopater
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.
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:37:38 AM PST
by
Brujo
(Quod volunt, credunt.)
To: Sopater
He doesn’t look as fat there as he does on TV. Is it an old picture?
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:40:27 AM PST
by
murdoog
To: Brujo
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.)
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:42:08 AM PST
by
thulldud
To: Sopater
He’s the epitome of “San Francisco Values.”
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:43:25 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Sopater
For liberals, child pornography is a family value.
To: Sopater
Gee a liberal POS. Who would have thunk?
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posted on
12/07/2007 7:47:24 AM PST
by
Larebil
(My name is liberal backwards, since they backwards thinking)
To: Sopater
Hey, it is a sexual preference. This guy is a loving member and supporter of the GLBT alliance in San Fransicko.
To: Larebil
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.
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posted on
12/07/2007 8:20:08 AM PST
by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right but never in doubt)
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