Fox News on Monday aired the name of a underage victim of a disturbing rape in Steubenville, Ohio.
During correspondent Mike Tobins report about the guilty verdicts in the Steubenville rape case on Fox News Americas Newsroom, the girls first name was broadcast without being censored.
We have not known, really, how the victim is doing, Mike, host Martha MacCallum told Tobin. Is there any information on that today?
Well, a relative tells me that she spends a lot of time in her room, Tobin explained. She has been back out playing sports, and through it all youll be surprised to learn she made the honor roll one more time.
A family representative says the remorse coming from the football players came too late, the correspondent added. We saw their reaction yesterday.
At that point, the report cut to footage of one of the rapists, 17-year-old Trent Mays, apologizing to the victim in court on Sunday.
I would truly like to apologize to [redacted], her family, my family and the community, Mays said. No picture [of the rape] should have been sent around, let alone even taken.
Raw Story has redacted the victims first name from this report and the video below, but Fox News did not.
A Fox News editors note added to an Associated Press report published on Sunday insisted that the conservative network would not name the minors charged in the case.
Editors Note: The Associated Press named the minors charged due to the fact they have been identified in other news coverage and their names were used in open court, the note said. FoxNews.com will not name the defendants.
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