Chelby Kosto: Irresponsible Dayton reporter supports local rapist

by Katie Dattalo

For the past few months, I, along with Buckeye Firearms Association, been covering an issue about our local media and their love-affair with a rapist in our community who has been organizing several anti-gun protests.

Last weekend, another protest was organized by Jerome McCorry, founder of the Adam Project and Ceasefire Dayton. He's also a convicted rapist:

The fact that McCorry is a sex offender was again left out of ABC 22/45′s initial report, which was giving him free press to bring people out to support the protest. So, I Tweeted to the "reporter" Chelby Kosto asking her to add the fact that he was a rapist to the story:

As a woman, mother, and substitute teacher in the Dayton area, this scares me. The whole story should be reported each and every time a news station decides to cover McCorry's protests against law-abiding citizens' self-defense rights. It's called responsible journalism. While someone is not entirely defined by their past, RAPE is one of the most violent crimes. In this case, a rapist's past IS relevant for the conversation. Women protect themselves with firearms against people like him. If women were unarmed, it would make the rapist a lot safer. Simple logic, right?

Here's ABC 22/45 "reporter" Chelby Kosto's thought:

"Person interviewed has a right to protest. Story had nothing to do with his past."

How does this have nothing to do with his past? HE IS A RAPIST. A VIOLENT OFFENDER. And not only Chelby Kosto is giving him a platform on TV to spread his anti-gun rights message, but she is defending his right to do so.

She also deleted her Tweet, after I and others pointed out that a different reporter at ABC 22/45 had done a follow-up story entitled "Local Gun Control Advocate's History Put Under Microscope" after Buckeye Firearms Association asked why they didn't report on this initally.

I have no problem with McCorry sharing his opinion. He does have that right. BUT, his opinion is better expressed at the voting polls. Giving false and incomplete information by our media is dangerous, and very much fits the "war on women" bill.

I encourage everyone to reach out to Chelby Kosto. DEMAND that we are given the whole story each and every time they cover Jerome McCorry's attempts to limit the self-defense rights of potential crime victims. The public deserves it!

Katie Dattalo is a blogger at DomesticDebacle.com.