"Congress has developed a more or less zero tolerance policy for this and I think the American public can understand that," said Andrew Oosterbaan, chief of the Department of Justice's Child Exploitation and Obscenity section. Though it is illegal to possess the images by saving, printing or e-mailing them, it is not illegal to merely view the images, said Parry Aftab, a cybercrime expert.Įven when the images are evidence in a criminal case, defense attorneys are often required to view them only in a government facility, instead of getting copies of the pictures. Reporters usually consult with or work with law enforcement to access the material, said Gregg Leslie, legal defense director at the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press. Though journalists tackle touchy issues like child pornography, it is generally illegal to possess child pornography for any reason and federal law does not provide an exception for reporters or academic research. If Ward's version of events is true, his case touches on a problem facing some journalists and attorneys who deal with child pornography. "He lost track of himself and didn't stop and think about what he was doing."
"He tried to have a dialogue with people and see what he could talk them into saying and agreeing to," she said. Ward and prosecutors from the Department of Justice declined to comment on the case. Jeanette Boudreau, Ward's business attorney, said Ward - described on his Web site as "unabashedly liberal" - told her he wanted to show that some Republicans and members of the religious right are public moralists who don't practice what they preach in the privacy of their homes. Though it is illegal even for journalists to trade or possess child pornography as part of their work, Ward's attorneys argue that there should be some leeway for legitimate research into the subject. Ward's lawyer told ABC News that Ward e-mailed the illicit images, but only as part of his research into a book about what he believed to be the hypocrisy of the religious right. If convicted, he faces a minimum of five years in prison for each charge. 11, 2007 — - A well-known San Francisco talk radio host who says he e-mailed child porn as part of research for a book has been indicted on federal pornography charges.īernie Ward, 56, a former priest and popular host of two local talk radio programs, was charged, in an indictment unsealed late last week, with two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of receiving the material. While you’re listening, read this interview with the station’s founder.Dec. Just be aware that some of the music comes with, er, dialogue so it might not be entirely SFW. Try it yourself by clicking on the image below. It was followed by a piece of electronica called “I Like to Watch.” Turns out the piece was called “Bodacious Bongos.” Next up was an instrumental called “Hard Organ”–which, by the way, featured a Hammond organ part that would make Booker T.
Once that was over, it segued into something that sounded like it could have come from any of the films they made in Boogie Nights. 99.Ĭurious, I called it up on TuneIn Radio and the first thing I got was what sounded like the audio from a weird trailer. “Best” and “adult entertainment music” don’t really go together.īesides, who notices the music? And if you have, has it ever been any good? But fluffertraX has been around for fifteen years. Called fluffertraX (that’s the preferred spelling), this commercial-free Austin, Texas-based Internet radio station features “the very best” music from adult films. Let me clarify that: it’s “adult entertainment” music–as in soundtracks FROM the “adult entertainment” films you’d be likely to see online, NOT the porn audio itself.
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