Post by lighthorseman on Jun 20, 2011 20:43:07 GMT -5
I'm sure it will come as no surprise to anyone here that David Barton doesn't just distort American history -- he also distorts the facts about the present day. As Right Wing Watch put it, in a rather understated way, Barton "never lets the facts get in the way of his promoting of right-wing view of history and political causes, no matter the issue." And they've caught him in yet another blatant lie, this time about how the Obama administration is supposedly letting child pornography occur without prosecuting anyone for it. This is from his Tuesday radio show:
Barton: We've got laws against illegal pornography, and you can't stop all pornography but even the liberals recognize that some pornography is over the top.
Green: I mean an easy one is child pornography.
Barton: Simple. And you've had this Administration in three years has not prosecuted a single what's called 'obscenity,' which is hardcore pornography. Not a single case. Now what's that tell all the pornographers and all the movie guys and all the internet guys what they can do?
Green: Do whatever you want now
Barton: Man, we can push the limits, we can get over the top, we can use underage kids on these movies, we can do snuff movies because they're not prosecuting nothing. So what we got today is--
Green: They've basically given a license for licentiousness--
Barton: Exactly. They've encouraged it, and that's what happened with the Justice Department.
And now, a word from reality. AP reported earlier this year that child porn prosecutions had exploded over the last 15 years, with 2,315 indictments in 2009 alone. And last year it was reported that there are so many prosecutions going on for child porn around the country that it was causing a backlog because of the specialized equipment needed to scan hard drives and computer records. And late in 2010 came a report that there had been more federal child porn charges filed in Texas than for robbery and fraud.
Barton: We've got laws against illegal pornography, and you can't stop all pornography but even the liberals recognize that some pornography is over the top.
Green: I mean an easy one is child pornography.
Barton: Simple. And you've had this Administration in three years has not prosecuted a single what's called 'obscenity,' which is hardcore pornography. Not a single case. Now what's that tell all the pornographers and all the movie guys and all the internet guys what they can do?
Green: Do whatever you want now
Barton: Man, we can push the limits, we can get over the top, we can use underage kids on these movies, we can do snuff movies because they're not prosecuting nothing. So what we got today is--
Green: They've basically given a license for licentiousness--
Barton: Exactly. They've encouraged it, and that's what happened with the Justice Department.
And now, a word from reality. AP reported earlier this year that child porn prosecutions had exploded over the last 15 years, with 2,315 indictments in 2009 alone. And last year it was reported that there are so many prosecutions going on for child porn around the country that it was causing a backlog because of the specialized equipment needed to scan hard drives and computer records. And late in 2010 came a report that there had been more federal child porn charges filed in Texas than for robbery and fraud.
