Clueless Hardin County girl makes her feelings known
HARDIN CO.—Sadly, they are among us…and they breed.
From Abby Denton’s Facebook page
Here’s a girl who didn’t like the fact that court documents held her name in them, simply because she was “a victim.” We don’t discriminate when we pull files; we just write what’s there. Sometimes it’s pertinent that the victim’s name is in there; it kinda shows that some alleged crimes aren’t just random, but that there might be some kind of motive behind them. That might, just MIGHT, help with the resolution of the case. So that’s often an integral part of the file. Nevertheless, it’s in the file…and it’s your right to know.
I don’t honestly remember the article, which goes to show how insignificant it really was. But Ms. Entitlement girl here, Abby Denton, apparently believes she’s exempt from public scrutiny. Here’s her recent diatribe on her Facebook page:
”Dear Disclosure: I officially hate you. You should have to ask people’s permission before you put their names in there especially if your not the one that committed the crime and is just a victim. I get that you wanted a story but you really don’t have to put my name in there with Josh’s. You could’a just put that he beat up a pregnant woman you don’t have to say it was me. I’m the one that has to
live with what he did to me everyday. I’m the one that has a daily reminder of my child kicking and my belly growing to remind me that it’s father didn’t give a shit not to beat me while I was pregnant. I love my child and would never change me being pregnant. I love Josh for giving me my child but I hate him for what he did to me and our child. I’m the one that has the nightmares of what he did to me and my child. I’m the one that lays awake crying and hurting for my child for what he did to us and the fact that my child will never have it’s father in it’s life. If you want a story to put in your newspaper why don’t you start a dead beat daddy collum and trust me Josh Jackson will be number one on your list and you could fill your paper with all the dead beat daddy’s around here. Leave me and my child out of your paper. I don’t need it posted in a newspaper to make it worse for me. FUCK YOU DISCLOSURE!!!! I wish all your writers could go through what I’ve been through then maybe you would know the hurt that it brings to see it posted for everybody to judge you for. Get over yourselves Disclosure and get a life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Here’s some humorous comments on her post:
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Malaina Lillie Culp Report em -
Paige Raynea Hubbs Girl i kno how u feel! ive been there and had the same things done to me and felt the same way. but they should of asked u first b4 they posted ur name in that paper knowing u were only the victim
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ROTFL…”Report em”?? To WHOM?? Our bosses? LOL…consider it “reported,” as I did indeed read it…and no, Paige, we don’t “ask first”…how dense can a person possibly be?
Apparently, fairly dense.
Denton, 19 (and that age is certainly evident by her impeccable grammar and syntax, as well as attitude), is none other than the granddaughter of Hardin County clerk Mary Ellen Denton. You know, the one who goes in and “corrects” recorded deeds if the abstract company makes a mistake (article coming up on that shortly). Apparently the county clerk has been coddling the teen, whose parents, we hear, are quite put out with her. Apparently, this taxpayer-teat funding has engendered a sense of entitlement in the youngster, thus causing her to feel like her rant might mean something to us.
It does. It means a post. Thanks, Abby, and good job. Your continued rants will ensure more reading material for Hardin County fans. We only hope that your cigarette smoking isn’t harmful to your poor offspring…but we do thank you for the $3. And remember: don’t get hooked up with losers like Josh, and you won’t be a victim….just some timeless advice from someone with a few years on ya.
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Posted by Jack Howser
on Sep 3 2012. Filed under Breaking, Hardin.
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I understand the fact that you feel it is necessary to provide coverage on a whole variety of situations. Granted, I don’t recall reading her story and she didn’t exactly approach having her information removed appropriately. Still, this post bothered me a little bit, and raised a couple of questions for me. What safeguards, if any, do you implement in your protocol on whether to post a person’s name? Especially, if this girl was truely the victim. If this story was as meaningless or insignificant to you like you said, why was it “pertinent” to put her name? Regardless of it being in public record, wouldn’t you want the focus on the Scum and what he did. Especially with this situation being an outcome of circumstance beyond her control. Why disclose her name, why not keep her name in your files , and use it later if it is discovered she wasn’t the victim. I do see your side on getting the story out, but there are already issues with women not reporting domestic abuse because they are ashamed. I would hate the situation to arise when a young girl is afraid to report her boyfriend for hurting her simply because she wants to prevent the potential of being publicly humiliated online (which your furthered, by insinuating it was her fault she was the victim. Since you have a few years on her you should know people may not always appear a loser to everyone, until a situation like this occurs) I wouldn’t want that for my daughter, and I assume you for yours. Once again, I don’t know the full story or paths of publication it took. In the end, this isn’t me telling you to justify yourself, you can simply say “it is what it is,” but I would sure like to know what “it is.”
What she did was RE-call attention to herself by making an unnecessary post on her Facebook page. The whole thing would have been a moot point if she’d kept her damn mouth shut, but no…she had to spout off on her page in an immature, repulsive little whine over something that we SEE EVERY DAY. We get files with victim’s names EVERY COUNTY, because the accused has the right to know who his/her accuser is. That’s the law. Our protocol is to publish the file AS IT APPEARS. That has never varied from March 12, 2003 until now. You are welcome to order every back issue we have and take a look just to prove it to yourself.
This is something other media doesn’t do, and that’s why this country’s journalism, and consequently, government, is in decay. There are “certain people” who are padded from such exposure, be they a victim…or a perp. You do it for one, then you do it for the next, and the next, and then you have whole segments of society thinking THEY can be the exception…and pretty soon, it’s anathema to write about “certain people” or “certain topics.” Hell, there are whole groups of people who still believe we, the media, can’t sit in on and report on juvenile cases. Why? Because for ever how many years, lazy journalists have let this aspect of the court system slide, and the left-leaning courts have helped whiny parents coddle their kids when they’re felons, and intimidate journalists who want to sit in on and report the cases…so the journalists gave up.
That said, while this whiny girl, who most assuredly has an entitlement complex because of her grandma, was the victim in THIS case, we have law enforcement officials who have assured us that she herself has taken swings at and landed many punches on Josh herself. And they’ve also mentioned that he’s not the only one she’s done this to, just as she’s not the only one Josh has allegedly done it to…she’s just the latest one he’s been charged with. There are many sides to every story. You all are trying to promote one. We’re just telling what the court files and officials say. The case means nothing to us except as news we report because that’s the area we cover. It started to mean something MORE to us when she decided to open her damn mouth, figuratively speaking, and disparage us for doing our jobs. That opens up a whole can of worms. She expresses her opinion, we express ours back. We’re allowed to do that. And while we appreciate you voicing your opinion in the way you have, we have to respectfully tell you that you’re wrong about your views on journalism. This is not only “the way it is” here, this is THE WAY IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE. And because lazy corporate news media allowed it to become something else, we’re now catching shit for making it right. And THAT, I guarantee, does NOT make us happy.
Since I have not seen the original story I can not comment on whether all the back and forth abuse was reported. This story and this story aside, I just assume the same courtesy that you give your minions would be extended to true victims. After all, your minions report to you because they want justice, but at the same time they wish to be shielded. Same with the victims, they report to police for justice and to build a paper trail for potential situations in the future but this style of reporting disallows direct shielding from the public. I guess I don’t view something being in public record equating to always being relevant for a story. This is the last I will say on this topic. Everything else in your reply I agree with (except my view on journalism as a whole because that was definitely an overgeneralization
Jack, sure this isn’t the last You will hear from Her! Drama Queen!