Friday, Aug. 7, Maltby, a suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. A rumor was getting around on social media.“Paedo!” the people were typing to each other, or “peado!”, as the case may be. Lydia Reed was typing to her friend Gemma Johnston on Facebook: “I didnt fkin realise he lived at the top of this road, fumin walk every day with my kids to skool.”Another neighbor, Carly Louise, got in on the horror: “He just got on our bus and we have 4 young kids with us.” Then local freelance news photographer Ryan Booth perked up his online ears. “What bus is that?” he messaged. The lynch mob was underway. (News article, Bernie Najarian)
Duggar:Atheists tout youth registry over 'virtue' - The Josh Duggar scandal in American politics today has caused what Star Wars fans would call 'a disturbance in the force.' (News article, Bernie Najarian)
