At least he got to keep his pants on.
I got severe thrashings with either an alligator skin belt of a leather belt right above the ass on the hip bones no pants or even undies! severely painful.
The reason this makes headlines is
a) Its a raghead that punishes his boy and we all know what savages these people are
b) The boy is tied upside down
c) The mother is standing in the door
d) They are ragheads
I've received worse beatings - you don't know what a beating is unless have been beaten by your "father" to an extend that you are passing out.
This would have been tickling for me at a certain stage in my life.