IF HE WERE A REPUBLICAN, THIS WOULD BE A BIGGER STORY: “Bernie Ward, the most prominent liberal voice on Bay Area talk radio for more than two decades, admitted Thursday to distribution of child pornography by e-mail in a plea deal that will send him to federal prison for at least five years. Ward, 57, a former Roman Catholic priest, was a fixture on KGO-AM 810 for three hours every weeknight, known in recent years for his fervent denunciations of President Bush and the war in Iraq during his news talk show. He also hosted ‘God Talk,’ a Sunday morning program on religion, and was a prolific fundraiser for the station’s charity drives.”

Plus, chin-pulling pieces about how the sexual repression of the right naturally leads to such things.