Bernie Ward: The truth comes out, and it ain't pretty

A few weeks ago a former liberal talk show host, Bernie Ward, was indicted on child pornography charges. Ward is an extreme leftist who also claims to be an ardent Christian. The main stream media claimed that Bernie was indicted solely on the basis of a couple of porn pictures that included minors, that it was all a big misunderstanding, that Bernie was doing research for a book. Since I once saw Bernie Ward speak at my son's Catholic high school (on, of all things, ethics), I felt a small connection to this man, so I defended him. He was a liberal and a political enemy, but does that justify ruining his life and career, over a couple of pictures? And what would that do to his wife and kids?

Since then, an enterprising journalist obtained the actual police report on Bernie Ward. Michael Savage has it posted at his website here. The police report shows that Ward's indictment was based on more than just a couple of pictures.

The report shows that Bernie Ward regularly chatted online with a woman calling herself "Sexfairy," a dominatrix who made Bernie confess his sins. Bernie sent her porn pictures that included minors. Sexfairy promptly reported Ward to the police. She then began recording a transcript of their online chats. Bernie claimed to have had sex with his own son, performing fellatio on the 14 year old boy. Ward claimed to have done other strange things too, like having sex with other men in a sleazy porn movie theater in San Mateo, California.

There is the possibility that Bernie's online chats only described sexual fantasies and not real acts (no doubt he will claim that); the facts will have to be established at trial. Bernie Ward is innocent until proven guilty. Nevertheless, Bernie Ward has seriously self-destructed as a champion of liberalism and likely will not likely be given much credence in the future by radio audiences (if he can find another job) or anyone else.

The newspapers reporting the facts have stated that Ward was a "talk show host," but not that he was a liberal talk show host. That inconvenient truth is nowhere to be found.