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Teacher accused of sending students sexual social media messages

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A teacher accused of sending inappropriate social media messages of a sexual nature to students in 2019 while employed by the Rainbow District School Board will face a disciplinary hearing by the Ontario College of Teachers.

A notice of hearing for Barry David Williams said he is accused of committing acts that are “dishonourable or unprofessional” and that he “engaged in conduct unbecoming to a member.”

According to his file on the Ontario College of Teachers website, Williams is currently classified as “inactive/non-practising.” He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Laurentian University in 2004 and a Bachelor of Education from Nipissing University in 2005.

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A notice of hearing for Williams was issued on May 18, and a hearing date has been set for Dec. 19.

The Rainbow District School Board has confirmed that Williams is no longer employed by the board. “We take these matters very seriously,” said a spokesperson for the board.

A spokesperson for Greater Sudbury Police Service said police had not received a complaint regarding this matter.

The accusations in the notice of hearing said Williams sent social media messages to five female students at the school where he was teaching. The document does not say at what school Williams was employed when the incidents are alleged to have occurred.

One of the students said Williams sent her a series of social media messages between July 1 and Sept. 16, 2019.

These messages allegedly include making sexual advances toward the student, acknowledging that he has a wife, but stating that she was “sick” and that “a man has needs,” sending one or more images of himself shirtless, sending one or more images exposing his genitals and requesting that the student send him sexual photographs of herself.

Another student said Williams sent her social media messages between July 1 and July 6, 2019.

Those allegedly include telling her that he had been investigated by the Children’s Aid Society for molesting a child, or words to that effect, stating that he had been drinking and that she should come to his house because his wife and children were out of town, or words to that effect, and telling her that she was beautiful and intelligent and that he considered her to be one of his most trusted friends.

A third student said between July 1, 2019, and Sept. 9, 2019, Williams sent social media messages to her asking her to be his mistress or words to that effect and suggesting that she come over to his residence and have a drink.

The Ontario College of Teachers will hold a hearing to “decide whether the allegations are true” and whether Williams “is guilty of professional misconduct.”

Heidi Ulrichsen is Sudbury.com’s associate content editor. She also covers education and the arts scene.

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Jon Stewart Slams the Media for Coverage of Trump Trial – The New York Times

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Jon Stewart lampoons media’s coverage of Trump’s first day at trial – CNN

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Jon Stewart rips media over coverage of ‘banal’ Trump trial details – The Hill

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Jon Stewart blasted the media for covering the “banal” details of former President Trump’s first of four criminal trials, which began with opening statements Monday following a week of jury selection.

In his Monday night broadcast of “The Daily Show,” Stewart poked fun at the TV news media for tracking Trump’s traffic route from Trump Tower to the courtroom, compiling footage from various outlets, as they tracked each turn his car made.

“Seriously, are we going to follow this guy to court every f‑‑‑ing day? Are you trying to make this O.J. [Simpson]? It’s not a chase. He’s commuting,” Stewart said. “So the media’s first attempt — the very first attempt on the first day — at self-control failed.”

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Media outlets have closely covered Trump in recent days, as he makes history as the first U.S. president to stand trial on criminal charges. Trump is also the presumptive GOP nominee for president this year.

Trump currently faces 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records in connection to reimbursements to his then-fixer, Michael Cohen, who paid adult film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 ahead of the 2016 election to stay quiet about an alleged affair she had with the former president a decade prior. It is the first of four criminal trials Trump will face, and perhaps the only one that will go to a jury before the November election.

Stewart, in his broadcast, took aim at TV news outlets, suggesting they were covering small news alerts as significant breaking news developments.

Stewart pretended a producer was talking in his earpiece and paused midsentence, saying, “Hold on. We’re getting breaking news,” and cut to a clip from an earlier interview conducted by CNN’s Jake Tapper, who similarly cut off his guest momentarily to identify a photo displayed on screen to his audience.

“I’m sorry to interrupt. Just for one second. I apologize,” Tapper said in the clip. “We’re just showing the first image of Donald Trump from inside the courtroom. It’s a still photograph that we’re showing there. Just want to make sure our viewers know what they’re looking at.”

Stewart shot back, saying, “Yes, for our viewers who are just waking up from a 30-year coma, this is what Donald Trump has looked like every day for the past 30 years. Same outfit.”

Stewart ripped CNN again for analyzing the courtroom sketches so closely, saying, “It’s a sketch. Why would anyone analyze a sketch like it was — it’d be like looking at the Last Supper and going, ‘Why do you think Jesus looks so sad here? What do you think? It’s because of Judas?’”

“Look, at some point in this trial, something important and revelatory is going to happen,” Stewart said. “But none of us are going to notice, because of the hours spent on his speculative facial ticks. If the media tries to make us feel like the most mundane bullshit is earth-shattering, we won’t believe you when it’s really interesting.”

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