"Somewhere along the line, many Americans relegated the media to a notch on the morality scale only slightly above that of child molesters.” - Gregory Kane, Baltimore Sun, 1997

On February 23, former president of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU Charles Rust-Tierney was arrested at his home in Arlinton, Va. and charged with receiving and possessing child pornography. Rust-Tierney had been the target of an ongoing investigation conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency as well as the Arlington County Police. Despite the news worthiness of this story, the mainstream press has failed to cover it.

Rust-Tierney owned numerous computer discs filled with images of young girls being victimized. The investigation report described prepubescent girls “seen and heard crying” and many “bound by rope.” There were even videos discovered in his home which depicted infants being tortued and raped. Due to the incredibly heinous nature of the material, U.S. District Court Judge Barry R. Poretz ordered the ACLU chief held in jail until his trial.

As president of the Virginia ACLU of Virginia, Charles Rust-Tierney brought lawsuits against local authorities in an attempt to keep pornographic websites available on public library computers. He once said that “older minors should have access to resources appropriate for their age group, even if some materials may be considered by some parents to be unsuitable for younger minors.”

Enough Is Enough spokeswoman Cris Clapper released the following statement: “When Mr. Rust-Tierney argued before the Loudon County Library Board that unrestricted access to the resources of the internet was essential for our children’s ability to learn and communicate, and when groups like the ACLU contend that acceptable use policies alone are capable of protecting children online, they fail to acknowledge the tragic and devastating effects to children and families of both intentional and unintentional access to online pornography.”

In contrast to their almost obsessive coverage of the Catholic Church child sex-abuse scandal, the leftist media has buried the arrest of a top ACLU official on child pornography charges. The Washington Post ran one small piece in section two of their paper, while the New York Times has not reported the story at all. None of the major networks nor the cable news outlets have covered this story.

Instead of reporting on an ACLU lawyer who not only defends child pornography in court but is himself seemingly obsessed with the vile material, the press decided to carry more news on the death of ever-inebriated Anna Nicole Smith. On March 2, 2007, the watchdog group Think Progress recorded the number of Anna Nicole references made by the three cable networks. The results are as follows:
-Fox News...121
-MSNBC...96
-CNN...40

One of the very disturbing facts around the Rust-Tierney case is the fact that the ACLU kiddie porn collector is also a youth sports coach. He coaches several teams in and around Arlington, Va. This activity brings him enormous contact with children. Also, considering the large amount of pornographic material which police removed from the Rust-Tierney home, it would seem likely that his wife knew of his horrible obsession. However, you will never hear that very real possibility brought up by the liberal news media. Diannn Rust-Tierney is the director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

In addition to their work on behalf of Muslim terrorists and violent murderers, the ACLU continues to defend the North American Man Boy Love Association (NAMBLA). That group is dedicated to grown men raping young boys. The ACLU frequently fights for the ability of sexual deviants to exploit and indoctrinate children...So why don’t we see Dateline NBC’s Chris Hansen exposing the child predators of the ACLU?

In 2000, executive director of the Massachusetts ACLU John Roberts went to court to defend NAMBLA when two men kidnapped, raped, and murdered 10 year old Jeffrey Curley of Cambridge, Mass. Shortly before the pair abducted the boy, they visited NAMBLA’s website which contained graphic images of child rape, police also found NAMBLA literature in the home of one of the child’s murderers. Roberts stated the ACLU’s position on child pornography when he said: “Mere position should not be a crime.”

The press has a responsibility to report on the activities of any individual or group which endangers the public. Giving a pass to child molesters and pornographers makes the American mainstream press complicit in the exploitation of defenseless children.

It is hard to imagine that the mainstream media can sink any lower. However, I am certain that they will try.