It's not looking good for Bernie Ward, former KGO liberal talker, recently under indicted under federal child pornography charges.
Ward was a frequent fixture on the various cable news channels, the self-proclaimed "Lion of the Left" was an articulate and passionate counter to the often more conservative voices heard on many of the channels.
The case goes back to a series of chats that took place December 2004-January 2005with an online dominatrix with the screen name of "sexfairy"; The Smoking Gun website reveals her to be Linda Figueiredo. Click here for the entire indictment. She was communicating with someone going by the screen name "Vincentlio" on a computer that was subsequently traced back to Ward's San Francisco home
Ward, a former priest, has claimed, through blog postings, lawyer statements and interviews, that he was researching a book on hypocrisy. Journalist Ben Fong-Torres is one of many raising questions about notes or other proof of such a book. Read his email exchange with Ward here.
The question here is should KGO, or any station, consider putting Ward back on the air at some future time? Regardless of what happens in court, how do you put him on the air? You think callers are gonna be forgiving, or let bygones be bygones?
Reports from inside sources at the San Francisco power house station is their other talk show hosts are not permitted to even discuss Ward on their programs; it's left to the news department.
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