Yesterday we brought you news of State Representative Matt Barrett from Columbus, Ohio, whom was giving a Powerpoint presentation to a group of high schoolers when porno popped up on the projector. Oops. Turns out the Congressman’s son had borrowed the flashdrive and was responsible. So I ask you, CrunchGear readers, is this the truth? Or political BS?
I personally think it’s true. Stuff like this usually has a pretty reasonable explanation, and you’d think he’d be smart enough to keep his porn where it belongs: on his iPod.
Child reportedly downloaded nude images that showed up in lawmaker’s speech [WKYC]
if he is bs’ing that’s pretty harsh, hanging your own kid out to dry like that…
Tokyo has a point. I’d probably do the same, haha.
True or not, the incident is still funny and I would have loved to of been there.
The internet is for porn. It was his porn and he shouldn’t be ashamed of it.
On that note: link pls. :)
Note the glazed, “I’ll kill you, photographer” look in his eye. A sure sign of douchebaggery.
Also, it was just a topless woman. He was presenting to high school seniors. Meaning 17-18 years old, I’m sure they wouldn’t have been shocked by the sight of some titties. Besides… Based on the story it seems as if the picture popped up in a tile preview in Windows XP which means that it couldn’t have been any larger than a thumbnail. Are people honestly offended by this while congress has us bent over the hood?
He is a middle-aged man. He likes seeing naked women. As if it’s such a shock that a dude would look at porn anyway.
Hang him.
Power Point files just don’t accidently get porn
Okay, so anyone saying this guy is a Congressman needs to go back to civic class. He is a state rep, less than a dime a dozen, probably paid in the mid to low $30’s. He has nothing to do with Congress.
I still like the idea of the police investigating this “incident.” Way to use tax payer dollars.
It was probably his gay lovers porn. you know that craig dude in the bathroom stall that likes to play footsie. He put him up to this since they wouldn`t overturn his guilty plea.
I wonder how old his son is??
7 years old?
No, he’s lying because he originally said that he got the flash drive from the Library of Congress/State Department.
Best use of Power Point I’ve ever heard of.
Geez, a topless picture of a woman…Americans are SO F–ING ridiculous. Naked breasts aren’t porn! Go to an African Village or a beach in Brazil or France and you’ll see plenty of them.
Yeah righ dude…you’re busted
How long did it take for you to thank of this one?
When you first started storing porn?
You’re not telling the truth..
Blaming your son…that is very low.
Perhaps he should have worded it a little differently than he did. The way he said it sounded more of a panic response than a calculated one. One wonder what was his wife’s response to all this? Well AOL, gonna do the other side of the coin?
Guilt or innocents will be determined on the type of car the child does or does not get for his next birthday
Hard to tell, though it seems strange that his son was place pornography on a flash drive.
I believe Jim Goodnight said it best when he said “powerpoint is used by people who have no power, and have no point”.