28-year-old Patriot Front member Jared Boyce plead guilty to possession of child pornography, and eight other related offenses, in a Utah court in April., according to local news media sources who publicized the guilty plea on Saturday.
Boyce will face up to 30 years in prison at the upcoming sentencing on Tuesday.
Stupid biased headline. Alternate headlines that have different biases.
- White man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography.
- Utah man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography.
- Utah citizen pleads guilty to possessing child pornography.
- Unemployed man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography. (not sure if the guy is actually unemployed)
None of the above are as click-baity which is why they weren’t chosen.
Seems that he is a member, but you may be missing my point. This is the equivalent of a headline that reads - “Black man steals from store”. The goal of writing such a headline is to make certain people click through and give it their attention.
He is also a Utah citizen, etc. Why would they choose to emphasize that one aspect? I’m not suggesting that Patriot Front members are more or less likely to plead guilty to possessing child pornography. I have no idea about that, but this article is subtly hinting that.
Actually, it is extremely relevant to the story that this person was a member of a terrorist group that is for implementing theocracy, repealing the rights of women and queer folk, and accusing their political enemies pedophilia.
So why are you defending patriot front so hard here? Who cares if a bunch of traitors also looks like pedophiles.
If he is a member, how is that biased to comment on it?
Is it presenting facts that you don’t like?
If he had been a priest, it would have said so and he would show up on https://lemmy.world/c/priest_arrested
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !priest_arrested@lemmy.world
Maybe so, but that also would’ve been bias and my comment wouldn’t change (actually it’d be verbatim). In both cases, who gives a crap? This kind of news is just not that interesting outside of driving clicks. I didn’t know this person before and I won’t remember him later. I’ve also learned nothing about how pervasive child pornography might be amongst members of the Patriot Front.
The Patriot Front is one of the groups that perpetuate the conspiracy theory about the secret Democratic cabal of child sex abusers. So the emphasis here is quite relevant. It’s like saying “anti-LGBTQ man arrested for soliciting gay sex” (something that also seems to happen with depressing frequency). If membership of a group is relevant to the alleged crime then or course it should be noted.
I guess what you’re saying is that the hypocrisy is worth highlighting? I’d agree with that as long as the subject is worth reporting on to begin with. As mentioned in a previous comment, he may or may not be a newsworthy figure, but I had never heard of him prior.
anti-LGBTQ man arrested for soliciting gay sex
This would be an uninteresting headline to me, too. Anything of the format <member of group> arrested/charged/etc for <crime> is usually uninteresting. This is because in most cases, <member of group> is hardly ever newsworthy. I think the reason any news organization ever publishes something like that is to drive engagement for revenue. The engagement comes from stirring emotions, not from reporting on topics that matter.
The newsworthy exception is if the figure was prominent and had a real effect on society (e.g. the Harlan Crow / Clarence Thomas stuff).
Anyway, I do appreciate that your comment seems to be in good faith (compared to some of the others in the thread).
