Mike Hixenbaugh
NBC News senior reporter | Author of THEY CAME FOR THE SCHOOLS | Co-creator of SOUTHLAKE & GRAPEVINE podcasts | Retired t-ball coach
www.mikehixenbaugh.com
- Here’s a clip of pastor Joe Campbell in November, declaring on Jim Bakker’s talk show that Donald Trump’s return to the White House proved that America was ready to turn away from its “wicked ways.” Today we published an investigation into decades of child sex abuse allegations against Campbell.
- People went to church leaders as early as 1983 to report that pastor Joe Campbell sexually abused kids, but nobody stopped him. Forty years later, his alleged victims are still fighting for justice. Read our @nbcnews.com investigation: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
- Televangelist Jim Bakker didn't respond as we investigated allegations that a pastor on his staff is a serial rapist. But in a broadcast last week, he called on Christians to forgive pastors who commit sex abuse, asking at one point, "How come there's such profit in being a tattletale?" Watch:
- We spent 6 months investigating a children’s pastor accused of being a serial rapist. His accusers have spent 40 years fighting to stop him. Today he works for disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and runs a secluded camp for kids in the Ozarks. My latest w/ @ahylton26.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com
- Just saw @ahylton26.bsky.social give a masters class on how to interview a government official who is telling lies on television. Here’s Oklahoma’s superintendent of schools trying to justify teaching children thoroughly debunked 2020 election conspiracy theories.
