CNN, Fox News, MSNBC Air Name Of Steubenville Rape Victim

[Emit]

Source: HuffPost

CNN, Fox News and MSNBC recently aired the name of the underage victim in the Steubenville rape trial during reports about the case.

Two high school football players were found guilty of raping a 16-year old girl in a controversial case in Steubenville, Ohio. The verdict was handed down on Sunday.

All three cable news networks aired a clip of one of the defendants, Trent Mays, apologizing to the victim in the courtroom. Mays had addressed the victim by name, which was not censored during CNN and MSNBC's broadcasts on Sunday and Fox News' broadcast on Monday. Local CBS affiliate WTRF also aired the clip without editing the victim's name out.

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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/fox-news-steubenville-rape-victim_n_2901635.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

[Hayabusa]

1. Yet, if he had said a profanity

I bet it would have been bleeped...

[iamthebandfanman]

2. can she or her family sue? n.t

[former9thward]

5. Yes, but they will not win.

The U.S. Supreme Court's has ruled twice in these cases. In both Florida Star v. B.J.F and in Cox Broadcasting Corporation v. Cohn the court ruled unconstitutional a Florida and Georgia statutes that imposed civil liability on media for publishing a rape victim's name. They said it was a violation of the First amendment.

[robinlynne]

6. I saw the mother mentioning her name, talking to the camera. Her mother said she will not

be defined by this incident, and said her name, so I don't think they were trying to keep her name quiet.

[Ninga]

13. I hope so. My 2 daughters are teachers, they would lose their licenses if they ever

disclosed the name of a minor student to outsiders.

The media bastards should not get away with this.

[appacom]

3. No excuse for this kind of sloppiness

[Roland99]

4. Utterly inexcusable.

[AndyTiedye]

7. No Accident. Not When They ALL Do It

They want to discourage women from pressing charges when they are raped, particularly when the rapist is an athlete or someone else "important".

[SemperEadem]

9. exactly

it's serving as a warning.

[SemperEadem]

8. This case has put the stake in the heart of journalism

that main stream media has failed in a huge way.

If there was any doubt that there is a war on women, this now shows that media is in collusion in that war.

[Journeyman]

10. I can't imagine her name's a big secret in the two high schools involved in this incident. . .

but still -- no excuse for such rank disregard for her privacy.

[doc03]

11. Two teenage girls were arrested today for making

on line threats on the victim.

[Skittles]

14. GOOD

online intimidation and bullying can be as devastating as when it is up close and personal

[Renew Deal]

12. I thought she went public a long time ago

I remember comments from her saying that she wanted people to know what happened.

[doc03]

15. I am not makeing any excuss for the news media but I

live in the area, it's a small town everyone knew who it was.

[Canuckistanian]

16. Disgusting

Whatever happened to protecting the defendant in trials?