republican congressman joe barton of texas. according to the the washington post he deserves to be ashamed of his, quote, secret sex life. keep in mind that nobody has accused barton of abuse or even abuse of power. the relationship was consensual. if anything, it is barton s former girlfriend who may be guilty of a crime, so-called revenge porn is illegal in many places and ought to be. yet for reasons never explained, the washington post treated bartond like the heir to harvey weinstein anonymity to theda woman hole overturned his life and humiliated him. sex abuse stories have dominated the news beginning with weinstein predators in hollywood, the media, and politics have been exposed and they have been punished. that is good news because justice is always good news and we ll continue to bring you updates on those stories when we get them and we re sure we will. going forward, we should also be careful that the noble effort to end sexual harassment does not degenerate into a wit
church was sex abuse stories and that was not the base story today. the base story today is rock star pope takes the world by storm and from the point of view of the catholic church and prospect in the post-modern world, i would say most people look at that as a significant step forward in terms of the kind of attention the catholic church is getting. john allen, thanks very much. coming up this weekend, cnn will take a look at pope francis, a man of many first s. coming up on around the world. china is sending a message to the united states saying, get your house in order. we will have that when we come back.
republican congressman joe barton of texas. according to the the washington post he deserves to be ashamed of his, quote, secret sex life. keep in mind that nobody has accused barton of abuse or even abuse of power. the relationship was consensual. if anything, it is barton s former girlfriend who may be guilty of a crime, so-called revenge porn is illegal in many places and ought to be. yet for reasons never explansd, the washington explained treated barton like the heir to harvey weinstein anonymity to the woman hole overturned his life and humiliated him. sex abuse stories have dominated the news beginning with weinstein predators in hollywood the media in politics have been exposed and they have been punished. that is good news because justice is always good news and we ll continue to bring you updates on those stories when we get them and we re sure we will. going forward, we should also be careful that the noble effort to end sexual harassment does not degenerate into a witch-