Duggar and TLC: 19 Kids and Counting - Facts and News

[Anonymous]

Trooper Who Did Not Report Duggar Abuse Listed 'Preschools,' 'Puberty' As Online Interests
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/27/joe-hutchens-child-porn-josh-duggar_n_7454428.html

The document states that Hutchens’ Yahoo profile username was “dadsluv2002” and that his profile listed such interests as “Kinki Kids,” “Child Play series,” “Strangers with Candy,” “Puberty” and “Preschools.” The report also states that between 2004 and 2005, Hutchens “spent considerable time on his computer viewing child porn.”

[Anonymous]

Duggar homeschool curriculum: Semen causes cancer, cheating women miscarry
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/250074/duggar-homeschool-curriculum-semen-causes-cancer-cheating-women-miscarry/

Men are physically incapable of controlling themselves around a woman.
“When a man looks lustfully at a woman, a flood of impulses travels through the optic nerve to the back of the brain. As a result, the glands and other bodily functions are activated, and the level of testosterone increases. Recent studies revealed a significant correlation between high testosterone levels and those who commit violent crimes.”

[Anonymous]

The Duggar Effect: The End of Hicksploitation TV
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/28/the-duggar-effect-the-end-of-hicksploitation-tv.html

Sure, 19 Kids…¸ Honey Boo Boo, Duck Dynasty: These are shows that purported to be rooted in their championing of “traditional family values.” But the recent spate of controversies prove that over-aggressively capitalizing on anything—“traditional family values” included—brings with it a very real danger.

[Anonymous]

I could’ve been a Duggar wife: I grew up in the same church, and the abuse scandal doesn’t shock me
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/28/i_couldve_been_a_duggar_wife_i_grew_up_in_the_same_church_and_the_abuse_scandal_doesnt_shock_me/

Like a real-life Kimmy Schmidt, I fled the exploitative and abusive sect into a culture I couldn't fully understand

[Anonymous]

Not just the Duggars: Arkansas DHS keeps giving Christian conservatives a pass on child abuse
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/not-just-the-duggars-arkansas-dhs-keeps-giving-christian-conservatives-a-pass-on-child-abuse/

Two recent sex abuse cases involving the Duggar family and state Rep. Justin Harris — politically connected Arkansas religious conservatives — reveal serious problems in the state’s Department of Human Services.

[Anonymous]

More Advertisers Drop '19 Kids And Counting' In Wake Of Child Molestation Scandal (UPDATE)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/26/advertisers-drop-19-kids-and-counting_n_7444344.html?cps=gravity_2246_655176778309647591

UPDATE: On Wednesday, TMZ reported that Walgreens, Jimmy Dean, Pure Leaf Iced Tea, Ace Hardware, David's Bridal, ConAgra Foods, Party City and Behr have all removed their ads from the show, while CVS?, H&R Block, Ricola and ?Keurig all said they have no plans of advertising with the series should TLC decide to keep "19 Kids and Counting" on the air.

[Anonymous]

Duggar Spinoff Featuring Jill, Jessa And Their Husbands Reportedly In The Works After Molestation Scandal
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/28/duggar-spinoff-show_n_7460150.html

TLC has yet to pull the plug on the show following not only Josh's admission, but his parents' confirmation that they kept the matter from the authorities. However, Us Weekly reports that the Duggars' adult and married children Jessa and Jill, along with their husbands, Ben Seewald and Derick Dillard, are in talks for their own spinoff series.

[Anonymous]

Duggars to Break Silence After Son’s Molestation Admission
http://time.com/3902534/duggars-interview-fox/

Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly will interview Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar Wednesday night in an exclusive sit-down interview to discuss their son’s molestation allegations and the recent controversy surrounding the 19 Kids and Counting family.

[Anonymous]

Joshua Duggar and the Scandal of Evangelical Celebrity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brandan-robertson/joshua-duggar-and-the-scandal-of-evangelical-celebrity_b_7444006.html

For nearly four decades, evangelicalism has been the predominant religious voice in the United States.

[Anonymous]

Jessa posted in Feb about all sinners/deviants going to hell.

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/jessa_duggar_wants_you_all_to_know_you_re_going_to_hell?recruiter_id=84546

[Anonymous]

[b]Duggar Family Pastor on Josh's Molestation Scandal: God 'Can Forgive Everything'[b]
http://www.people.com/article/duggar-pastor-josh-duggar-scandal

The Duggars' pastor, Dr. Ronnie Floyd, 59, of the five-branch Pinnacle Cross Church in Rogers, Arkansas, tells PEOPLE, "Everyone does wrong, and what was wrong was very wrong as to what was testified to and it's completely unacceptable.

[Anonymous]

From Michelle's Blog: This Week - Megyn Kelly Appearance

Next week we will sit down with Megyn Kelly on Fox News to share our hearts with you about the pain that we walked through as a family twelve years ago, the tears we all shed and the forgiveness that was given. We appreciate the outpouring of love and prayers for our family at this time.

-Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar

http://www.duggarfamily.com/michelles-blog?ID=32d6a69f-8c49-4dd0-8961-f524b563916e

[Anonymous]

About the Kelley Appearance: she will not be "cross examining" them: http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/fox_s_megyn_kelly_says_her_interview_with_the_duggars_will_not_be_a_cross_examination

[Anonymous]

I have read a lot about the Duggar case, and this article here is by far the best commentary I've seen.

http://www.elizabethesther.com/journal/2015/5/27/its-not-just-about-josh-duggar-its-about-an-entire-system-of-abuse

[Anonymous]

Feeling Guilty? State Trooper Who Let Josh Duggar Go Attempts Suicide –– Found In Jail Cell ‘Lying In Pool Of Blood’
http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/josh-duggar-sex-scandal-cop-attempted-suicide/

On the morning of April 8, 2010— nearly seven years after he failed to report 19 Kids And Counting patriarch Jim Bob and son Josh’s molestation confession— Hutchens was spotted “lying on the floor of the cell, “covered in blood and in the fetal position.”