Local Residents Outraged At Fox After Reporter Outs Teacher’s Porn Past
Malden, Massachusetts residents are furious at local Fox TV reporter Mike Beaudet, who outed a beloved teacher and coach for his gay porn past, resulting in the teacher’s suspension, which may lead to his being fired.
Kevin Hogan, who heads the English Department and coaches the crew team at prestigious Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, according to Fox News, had appeared in three low-budget gay porn films last year, before being hired at the school. “Hytch Cawke” was his film name in movies titled, “Fetish World,” and “Just Gone Gay 8.”
What’s truly disgusting, aside from the fact that this was even considered a story by Fox to begin with, is the way Fox affiliate WFXT investigative reporter Mike Beaudet handled the story. Instead of calling the teacher, Kevin Hogan, Fox got a camera crew and tracked Hogan down — the station ran B-roll of Hogan on his cell during the day in a parking lot, then ambushed him, not even outside his home, at night. Then, on-camera, without his consent, Beaudet asked Hogan if he had “starred in any of these movies?” Fox ran the story with the title, “Porn Star Teacher.” In between, Fox ran tape of Hogan (assuming it even is Hogan) taking his shirt off and talking about making movies.
Stay classy, Fox.
Perhaps next you can track down your owner Rupert Murdoch and ask him how many cell phones his papers have illegally hacked?
WFXT investigative reporter Mike Beaudet on camera asks Hogan, “Do you really think it’s appropriate to be working with kids?,” as if Hogan’s a pedophile — which is where Beaudet is leading his audience.
Huffington Post writer Brody Brown said Beaudet interrogated Hogan, “smarmily,” and added, “the charter school told FOX 25 in a statement that they ‘value the health and safety of their students.’ That’s great and all, but how does the students’ general ‘health’ and ‘safety’ relate to the uncovering of Hogan’s past in porn?”
“Since the story first aired, Beaudet and WFXT have been heavily criticized by students at the school, who have banded together in support of Hogan,” writes Andrew Gauthier  at TV Spy, who fished out tweets from the students and included them in his story:
“Hogan is the best thing that has happened to my crew team. Students now have more respect for him due to what you did #thanksâ€
“It’s not like he was doing anything illegal,†one student tweeted, “he shouldn’t get fired.â€
“Reporters are so fucking annoying,â€Â tweeted another student.
Gauthier adds:
A petition in support of Hogan, who joined Mystic Valley in August, is now reportedly being circulated at the school.
While a handful of parents Beaudet spoke to for his story voiced concern about a teacher having a pornographic past, an overwhelming majority of viewers believe WFXT went too far.
“I just saw your story on Kevin Hogan and found it to be in very bad taste,†one viewer wrote in a letter to the station, which WFXT commentator Doug VB Goudie read on-air during today’s morning newscast. “If he loses his job, someone at Fox should lose their job or better yet support him going forward. It is lazy and sloppy and has negative consequences for him–it should for you as well.â€
Goudie estimated that viewer feedback has been split 80/20, with 80% of viewers “against us.â€
Will Kohler at Back 2 Stonewall adds:
Not only did FOX 25 and Mike Beaudet purposely invade Hogans privacy bringing up something from his past that’s legal for no other reason than sensationalist homophobia the piece insulated pedophilia in light of the Sandusky scandal at Penn State by pointing out numerously that Hogan was the school’s Crew Coach and asking parents if they they thought it was appropriate that Hogan be allowed to work with children.
Reactions on the Fox News website are extremely angry — at reporter Mike Beaudet. Aside from their own Fox poll that now puts support for teacher Hogan at 84%, there are a lot of pro-Hogan comments. Looking through the almost 400 comments, easily the vast majority lambast Fox News and its reporter.
One recent comment reads,
You duplicitous, greedy weasels. I’m all at once horrified and amused that you animals are so cynical and find your audience so stupid. Let’s call this little enterprise for what it is. You’re trying to make a couple of bucks off the sensationalism generated by destroying the life of a private citizen. Nothing brings in the ad revenue like a little tawdry gay sex, right? Yellow journalism. We’re trying to have a society here and you’re in the way. We’d all appreciate it if you’d hurry up an go out of business. I look forward to reading about this man’s lawsuit.
Another,
One has to wonder how much “investigating” Mr. Beaudet went through in preparation for his ambush. How did he even knew about Mr. Hogan’s videos? Mr. Beaudet, what was your reason for singling out Mr. Hogan for your story? How many of these types of videos did you watch for this story? Is watching these types of adult movies something you do on an average day? Should America let a TV personality with that pastime into their homes, with their kids watching? Is that behavior a detriment to our children? Perhaps next week’s story should be an in-depth look at what you do on your weekends so America can decide.
And yet another:
I’m a student at Mystic Valley Charter School and also a student of Mr.Hogan’s. He is honestly one of the best teachers at our school and is a brilliant man. I have learned so much from him in the past few months. I have the utmost respect and support for him. Those who are gossiping, speaking negatively, or jumping to conclusions about him barely know who he is. The media, specifically Fox News, had no right or reason to expose him in such manner and have done unforgivable and permanent damage to the school, especially to Mr.Hogan. People should keep in mind that the media is extremely misleading and had cut out most of the positive things said in their impromptu interviews with the parents. Mr.Hogan did not harm the students nor the faculty at the school. He came to Mystic Valley with the intention of educating students and was doing very well, until unnecessary information was dug up about him that was completely irrelevant to anything within our community. It’s absolutely disgusting that the Fox had the audacity to interfere and destroy the life and career of such a valuable teacher in such a brutal way. Fox has deprived us of the education and values he had to offer us. What Fox “investigated†had no purpose or importance to our community and to those outside the community, it simply sabotaged the life of a great contributor to Mystic Valley and its education. We all hope that he comes back to us.
Today, I’m proud of the American people. Fox News and reporter Mike Beaudet, not so much.
Fortunately, there’s a “Support Kevin Hogan, FIRE Mike Beaudet” Facebook page, with almost 1000 fans.
Fox News’Â WFXT can be contacted at:Â 781-467-2525, or via their online contact page. “Investigative reporter” Mike Beaudet can be reached via Twitter.
One post script: The photo (above) from the Fox story was titled by someone at Fox as “Porn Star Arrest” in its URL. Make of that what you will.
http://www.myfoxboston.com/video/videoplayer.swf?dppversion=11212
Public high school teacher starred in porno movies released last year: MyFoxBOSTON.com
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Maine Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner is under fire after releasing a video declaring that new allegations against him are false, yet he is “taking time to reflect” on a path forward.
Politico on Monday afternoon reported that a woman who dated Platner, Jenny Racicot, “says he forced her to have sex with him nearly five years ago despite her repeated objections, an allegation Platner denies.”
“Racicot said she had an on-and-off relationship with Platner,” Politico reported, “for more than two years before he entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night in late 2021, deeply intoxicated, and forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop. She said she cut off contact with him after telling him the encounter was not consensual.”
In a video posted to social media eleven minutes after the Politico story dropped, Platner says, “I wanted to directly address the troubling, serious, and false allegations against me. Any accusation of nonconsensual behavior is categorically false.”
He said he and his supporters “were united in a love of Maine, a belief that our politics must change, in a focus on defeating Susan Collins.”
“So, regardless of the inaccuracy of the reporting, but mindful the political reality will inflict, we are taking the time to reflect on the best path forward for the state that I love, the people that I love, the movement I belong to, and the goal of defeating Susan Collins.”
“Those were the goals when we launched this campaign. And they remain my goals today.”
“Throughout it all, you never turned your back on me. And I will not turn my back on you now. Every one of you deserves to see that vision come to fruition and see Susan Collins defeated. And we will use every tool at our disposal to do so.”
The Bulwark’s Tim Miller, a political commentator who served as the communications director for the Jeb Bush 2016 presidential campaign, blasted Platner.
“I’m sorry but ‘we are taking time to reflect on the best path forward’ is not an option on the table,” Miller wrote. “Either it’s false and you campaign with vigor or it’s true and you get out / apologize to everyone you let down.”
Journalist Ryan Grim, commenting on Platner’s video, noted that Platner “strongly suggests he is considering dropping out. Already Troy Jackson and Chellie Pingree, both gubernatorial candidates, are being kicked around in Maine circles as potential replacements.”
Several others, including Puck News’ Peter Hamby, predicted Platner will be dropping out.
Platner had postponed several campaign events before the Politico story was published.
— Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine) July 6, 2026
President Donald Trump is facing backlash after posting a video of children — including showing their unblurred faces — graduating from kindergarten, with some of the girls purportedly wearing hijabs.
“President Trump posted a captionless video of graduating kindergarteners on Truth Social on Monday, goading his supporters into verbally attacking little children simply for being Muslim,” The New Republic reported. “The clip is from Gateway STEM Academy, a majority-Black K-8 public charter school in St. Paul, Minnesota. It shows about 21 children in caps and gowns on stage singing a song together. Most of the girls are wearing hijabs.”
The original post of the video which Trump reposted reads: “Public school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Every girl is in a hijab … in kindergarten.”
Trump did not add any comments. TNR called the post “Islamophobic, weird, and creepy,” while noting that the comments section of Trump’s post was filled with calls “by racist, xenophobic MAGA supporters” to “deport the children and ban hijabs.”
TNR also noted that it “should come as no surprise that Trump isn’t above attacking children who just learned how to read, but this post is still particularly discomforting—and will certainly contribute to the already potent level of anti-Muslim sentiment in the U.S. and in Minnesota.”
Critics blasted Trump.
“There is something deeply unsettling about the president of the United States—the most powerful person in the world—going after kindergarten schoolchildren in Minnesota because they wore hijabs, as Trump has done this morning on his website,” The Bulwark’s Sam Stein wrote.
One social media commentator wrote, “Trump posted an unblurred video of more than a dozen Muslim kindergartners to Truth Social, exposing the children’s faces while targeting them for their religion.”
Another added, “Trump is a bigot. The president took to Truth Social to attack kindergarteners in hijabs. These are little kids. The president isn’t just a bigot, he’s also a coward.”
The original video was posted to the X social media platform in June.
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) at the time commented, “If you are in a public school in America, you should be speaking english.”
Image via Reuters
President Donald Trump’s apparent efforts to delay releasing the $5.8 million civil judgment to E. Jean Carroll are being met with a warning by the journalist’s legal team, who suggest there could be a legal maneuver for Trump to employ to forgo paying the judgment in either of the two cases he lost.
According to The Guardian, on July 4, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered Trump to release the $5.8 million judgment, which is in escrow, to Carroll by this coming Tuesday — or explain why he would not do so.
Carroll’s attorneys think Trump may be trying to buy time to mount another legal strategy, telling the judge that Trump’s request for an extension “appears to be little more than yet another play for time.”
“The case is separate from Trump’s appeal of a Manhattan civil jury’s 2024 award of $83.3m to Carroll for defamation,” The Guardian explains. “But her lawyers have suggested a legal scenario in which the president might seek to conjoin the cases and further delay payment of both.”
Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan (no relation to the judge) wrote, “We can only assume that defendant is seeking … to buy time so he can try to concoct some new basis to put off paying plaintiff presumably in connection with his forthcoming petition and motion for a rehearing.”
Trump’s former attorney, Justin Smith, in one of his final acts, wrote to the Supreme Court suggesting that his client would be appealing the $83.3 million civil judgment.
Smith argued that the Supreme Court “may wish to consider the petitions together,” given they involve the same parties.
The larger judgment case involves possible questions of presidential immunity, and that has Carroll’s attorneys concerned.
“A conjoined case, Carroll’s lawyers fear, could result in both judgments being wiped out,” The Guardian reports.
The president has also made clear he is no fan of Judge Kaplan, after the jurist made several rulings that “angered” Trump.
“What else can you expect from a Trump Hating, Clinton appointed judge, who went out of his way to make sure that the result was as negative as it could possible be,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in 2023, “speaking to, and in control of, a jury from an anti-Trump area which is probably the worst place in the US for me to get a fair ‘trial’.”
Image via Reuters
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