UPDATE on Rep. Hinkle GOP gay sex scandal - where is the national media?

[helderheid]

Prostitution, not tweeting lewd pictures, is illegal in Indiana and NY.


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UPDATE: Photo Of Phillip Hinkle’s Craigslist “Sugar Baby” PLUS His Questionable Version Of Events

Last week we told you about Phillip Hinkle, the married, anti-gay GOP State Representative who tried to hook up with an 18-year-old boy via Craigslist. That boy, Kameryn Gibson, says that he exposed the politician because of Hinkle’s anti-gay voting record. That’s good. But he also says that his M4M Craigslist ad looking for a “sugga daddy” was just a joke. And that’s bad.
The problem is that Gibson isn’t telling the truth. If you look at Gibson’s version of events in the Indy Star, you’ll see that he sent Hinkle to sexy shots of himself showing his underwear and asked Hinkle what he could give him for a night together. Gibson then says that Hinkle picked him up in a car, took him to a hotel room, and that the two talked for 15 minutes while Hinkle wore nothing but a towel.

Even though Gibson used his adopted sister’s phone to arrange the hook-up, that doesn’t necessarily mean that she was in on “the joke.” In fact, nothing in Gibson’s initial version of events sounds like a joke. After all, what 18-year-old gets into an old man’s car, visits his hotel room, and sits and talks with him mostly naked for for just a joke?!
Prostitution is a crime in Indiana and it now looks like Gibson wants to avoid possible legal troubles and public embarrassment by claiming that his Craiglist ad was just a joke between he and his sister. But in doing so, he has also undermined his own credibility.


More at link including local news video and picture:

http://www.queerty.com/sadly-phillip-hinkles-craigslist-sugar-baby-is-also-a-liar-20110815/

[helderheid]

1. I'm really curious if we'll hear about this on Rachel's, Keith's, or Hartman's shows.

[librechik]

2. Media arrow stuck on "Wiener." Somebody poke it.

[helderheid]

3. Exactly!

[saras]

4. I don't get this childish naivete about the corporate media. Why would they publicize this?

[helderheid]

6. The same reason they went nuts over Clinton and Weiner, though they didn't break the law.

[saras]

8. I don't get it

It served corporate interests to go after Clinton, and going after Wiener is still paying off, and he was relatively progressive, which makes it pay off even better.

So why would they want to go after fright-wingers who are doing their bidding, even if unconsciously? I would reasonably expect the corporate media to do everything possible to suppress any scandals involving Republicans or bluedogs, and amplify to the maximum possible degree any scandals involving progressives or intelligent populists.

You know, like a war? It makes sense to shoot enemy soldiers. It doesn't make sense to shoot your own soldiers, even if they are stupid.

[surrealAmerican]

5. He's not a congressman ...

... just a state representative. I wouldn't expect much coverage outside of his state.

The question is: are they making a big deal of this in Indiana?

[helderheid]

7. That's a good point and no.