By Paul Bean
The disturbing news about the scheduled pedophile ‘MAP’ camp in Vermont, reported by VDC last week, has gained national media attention.
Last week our original coverage of this story was shared by the massive X account “Libs of Tik Tok,” with 3.4 million followers. Naturally when this story was shared on X, we saw quite the spike in online traffic to our website.
The story shared by “Libs” received 643.2K views on X alone. This does not mean that our story was necessarily read by that many people, however our story and headline reached potentially hundreds of thousands of people from a single post.
VDC reporter and Social Media Director Paul Bean also appeared on the Burlington based, Disaffected podcast with host Josh Slocum on the Sunday, September 20 episode to provide more information about the planned pedophile camp in Vermont.
“Vermont Reporter Paul Bean joins us to expose the pedophile summer camp that almost took place right next door to a K-12 school,” the promo for the episode on YouTube. “The [pedophiles] are crying ‘discrimination’ against themselves as a poor, despised minority.”
Taking this a step further, last night an article in The Federalist titled “Activists Defend Canceled ‘Minor-Attracted Persons’ Camp In Vermont Next To School“ was shared with me on X.
In the article, VDC editor Guy Page and I are both mentioned by name, as well as the Chronicle’s logo, name, and X account.
This is not a story either of have enjoyed covering. As a relatively new journalist, this was an eye opening story for me to understand just how difficult this job can really be. That being said, we are exposing evil. We are exposing sickness. We are exposing lies. To watch this story develop from the beginning to what it has become is incredible. The work we are doing is truly having an impact, and I think that’s all we could ever ask for.
In 2024, we often hear things like, “newspapers are dead,” or “journalism is a dying art.” This could not be more untrue. I would argue, in fact, there has been no better time in human history to be a journalist, an artist, a creator. We have access to everyone on planet earth with internet, and they have access to us! This right here is a local example of the potential of today’s independent media.
When I look at the “media field” out there right now, there is just so many great independent journalists out there doing their thing. The Chronicle is proud to be chugging along right here in Vermont. We want to provide our readers a local service that they can rely on and trust, as well as a microphone to the rest of the world. We are just a few more stories like this away from going to the “next level” however we cannot do it alone. If you are not already a support of the Vermont Daily Chronicle, you should be. We are your source for free speech in Vermont and we are quickly turning into a voice capable of being heard beyond the green mountains.
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The author is a writer, social media director, and editor of the Vermont Daily Chronicle