#but journalism ethics and being frank about 'difficult subjects' are both super important

[cctinsleybaxter]

i haven't been able to read the full article yet, but i have been wondering if they included details about his son in hopes that that would make it harder for either of his parents to just quietly win custody and move on with no public outry about his safety.

but. yeah. either way i hate that that kid is going to grow up knowing his childhood abuse was publicized. horrifying.

Yeah, I know they must have worked with a legal team to get it published in the first place and you can tell the goal was to impart severity rather than be titillating, but also no matter how much it reads like a police report it's hard for me to weigh that intent against a kid's name* now being a basic Google search and one click away from extremely explicit documentation of their abuse in the format of a magazine cover story, like, forever.

*re: being confident there was a legal team they're careful not to name him, which, again, appreciated! but his name is public knowledge