Award-Winning Journalist Convicted Of Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material, Including Infant Rape Videos

James Gordon Meek, 53, a prominent investigative journalist formerly associated with ABC News and the New York Daily News, and ex-adviser and investigator for the US House Committee on Homeland Security, has pleaded guilty to possession of explicit child sexual abuse materials.

Award-Winning Journalist Convicted of Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material

Meek, an Emmy award-winning journalist, was found in possession of thousands of child sexual abuse materials, some dating back to 2014. One of the materials involved a repugnant video of an infant girl being sexually violated. Meek also shared abuse materials with fellow pedophiles and engaged in explicit conversations regarding the sexual abuse of children.

Meek was arrested in late January after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) was alerted to disturbing videos uploaded by him. Virginia court records show that Dropbox, the cloud storage service, alerted CyberTip in March 2021 about an account in Meek's name, which had uploaded five questionable videos.

The Washington Field Office Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force executed a search warrant at Meek's Arlington-area apartment by the end of April 2021. When FBI agents carried out the search, Meek reportedly stated, "My life is over."

Two iPhones, a laptop, and a hard drive were seized. Digital forensic analysis revealed the devices held hundreds of photos and videos containing extreme child sexual abuse material. They also exposed that Meek had posed as a minor on multiple social media platforms to solicit explicit photos from underage individuals and engage in explicit conversations.

Court transcripts reveal that Meek participated in explicit chat groups, one named “C*cks, C*nts, and Kids” on Telegram, which circulated sexually explicit media involving minors. The devices contained further graphic footage of adults sexually abusing children. Meek had also collected "softcore" child erotica images, primarily featuring young girls doing gymnastics, retrieved from social media platforms. A collection of images depicting women breastfeeding, which Meek used for sexual gratification, was also found.

Evidence revealed that Meek exploited apps like Snapchat and Instagram to obtain explicit images from young girls. He posed as a minor female on Instagram to manipulate a girl into sending him explicit photos. Using Kik, a messaging app known for its popularity among pedophiles, Meek shared his depraved fantasies about abusing women and children in graphic detail with others.

In one horrifying conversation on Kik, Meek and a 25-year-old male exchanged explicit photos and expressed their shared fantasy of sexually assaulting a toddler girl. In another conversation with a 22-year-old male, they exchanged explicit images involving minors and fantasized about raping and impregnating a woman.

After the search, Meek left his job with ABC News, moved in with his mother, and became increasingly isolated. He surrendered his passport to the FBI and relinquished his firearms.

During a motion hearing in February, Meek's lawyer presented letters of recommendation from law enforcement figures who lauded Meek and argued he should remain free. The presiding judge disagreed, suggesting that Meek's actions were part of a dangerous pattern leading to physical harm to a child. Meek's sentencing is scheduled for September 29. Convictions for the transportation and possession of child sexual abuse material can result in a maximum prison term of 40 years.

Rolling Stone Tried to Cover up for James Gordon Meek

Rolling Stone, well known for its shallow hit pieces against anyone who dares to disagree with them, concealed important details about the arrest of Meek, misleading readers into believing Meek was targeted due to his work in national security. The obfuscation, originally reported on by NPR, was seemingly due to the editorial influence of Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone's editor-in-chief, who typically did not edit the stories of Tatiana Siegel, the reporter who covered Meek's case. But Shachtman got heavily involved in Siegels' reporting and even removed details about the true nature of Meek's investigation from the published article, effectively misleading the magazine's readers. He apparently even discouraged the photographers from using a picture of Meek as the featured image of the story and instead suggested using a picture of the FBI.

"Let's not use a picture of the guy in question, james gordon meek," Shachtman reportedly requested, "something FBI-y, please." The photo they ended up using was of two FBI agents from the back, with red tape in the background.

The article was originally published in September 2022 and suggested that the raid on Meek's apartment wasn't carried out because of his possession of child sex abuse material, but because President Biden's administration was unfairly targeting a journalist. Siegel wrote that the April 22 raid was "quite possibly, the first" raid of its kind against a journalist.

"Meek appears to be on the wrong side of the national-security apparatus," the article read, completely leaving out the important fact that Meek was being rightfully investigated for obtaining images of child sex abuse, including a video of infant rape. In fact, the whole piece made it sound like Meek was being investigated because of his reporting, implying that the government was illegally meddling in the work of the press. When Rolling Stone tweeted out the story, they wrote, "Exclusive: Emmy-winning ABC News producer James Gordon Meek had his home raided by the FBI. His colleagues say they haven’t seen him since." Many outlets and Twitter accounts chimed in to say that this was a dangerous misuse of government power.

"If this was related to his work, as this @RollingStone report suggests it might be, it is a gross press freedom violation," Freedom of the Press Foundation tweeted.

Siegel did not know how heavily her article was being edited and only saw the changes after it was published online. Reportedly, Siegel was furious after seeing the edits that Shachtman made and considered it an interference in her independent reporting. Soon after the incident, she left Rolling Stone and is now an editor at Variety.

After being caught red-handed, Rolling Stone's reporting on Meek took a turn. On July 21, they wrote the headline, "Former ABC News Producer Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges." Even so, the whole internet saw them go to great ends to cover up for a pedophile who obtained violent rape content of children.

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