AP Demands 'Prostitution-Free Zone' In Front of Its DC Bureau
Jim Romenesko's media-news site is inspiring today's round of jokes about servile reporters by noting the Associated Press is trying to get the street space in front of its Washington bureau declared a "prostitution-free zone."
'I’ve been in touch with the commander of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Third District about the resurgence of the prostitution problem in front of our bureau," AP employees were told by Ed Tobias of the wire service's security department. "My email included a request that the 1100 block of 13th Street be designated as a 'prostitution free zone.' If designated as such, police officers would have an easier time making arrests for loitering."
The blog DCist added:
The AP's Washington office, at 1100 13th Street NW, is a block from Thomas Circle, which is often called "The Track" in the District's sex trade.
Prostitution-free zones give police the authority to ask a group of two or more people who appear to be engaging in sex work to disperse or face arrest. The enforcement strategy was introduced in 2006 and lasts for 10 days in any area designated by police. The most recent prostitution-free zone was declared last October around the intersection of 59th Street NE and East Capitol Street. Councilmember Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) has been one of the zones' strongest advocates, introducing legislation that would allow police to make them permanent.
But since January, prostitution-free zones have been on hiatus with the office of D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan questioning their constitutionality.
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Awww. Obama's little
Submitted by ant on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 7:30am.
Awww. Obama's little prostitutes in the press don't like the competition.
Stole my thunder
Submitted by hungarianfalcon on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 7:41am.
It's like a metaphor for the AP and how they function. I'm sure Freud would say there's something at work in their collective subconscious..
HF
Unintended consequences
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 7:39am.
Street be designated as a 'prostitution free zone.' If designated as such, police officers would have an easier time making arrests for loitering."
They are liable to lock up a few "reporters" by mistake
Puzzler
Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 7:41am.
How can you tell a prostitute from a journalist?
Ummmm, I'm not sure.
Someone better get some training for the
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 7:44am.
DC cops.
"How can you tell a
Submitted by NC Cop on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 8:20am.
"How can you tell a prostitute from a journalist?"
Oh that's easy. A prostitute actually has some scruples and morality.
Oh, I know!
Submitted by ant on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 2:00pm.
Prostitutes don't call for a 'War on the (other) Rich' while pulling in $15million a year.
How can you tell a prostitute
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 9:38pm.
Sex prostitutes lie less when working than Journalist prostitutes.
Obviously they are
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 9:47pm.
Makin a living outside of the AP workshop. Explains a lot actually.
The riddle of why the
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 10:39pm.
The riddle of why the journolistas wanted free condoms in their contracts is finally explained.
I think it was probably the 'outdoor prostitutes' that
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 10:52pm.
demanded the condoms....
And no, they do not work on the "I'll pay you later" plan.
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
Outdoor Prostitutes
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 11:16pm.
AKA beat reporters or stringers?
Hey....but, wait....
Submitted by c5then on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 8:08am.
If the 1100 block of 13th street NW is declared as a "prostitution free zone" then the AP will have to shut down it's washington HQ or move to a new location.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Another form of Redistribution
Submitted by JustAl on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 8:32am.
Free prostitution may sound fine, but it's anti-capitalistic.
Heh-heh. Good point.
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 9:13am.
And the AP should know better. The feminists tell us that the proper label for "prostitute" is sex worker. Some feminists go so far as to refer to housewives and stay-at-home moms as "unpaid sex workers."
Another undercover video from James O'Keefe
Submitted by CO2Maker on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 10:20am.
"Hey, big guy, see anything you like?"
"Can I get a Solyndra spin with a dog-on-the-car quickie on the side?"
"Nah, I don't do that. But Harry the Oily at CBS will be happy."
"Okay, then, what do you do?"
"Well, I do straight obfuscation and statistics-mangling and a little oral talking points rewording. I also like to do twosomes with someone who's rhetorically proximate, if you get my meaning."
----------------
"Hey, big guy, see anything you like?"
"I like it rough and ethnic, you know."
"You want Randi and that Ed Whatshisname. They do a lot of work with public service unions and people who are 1/32 Cherokee."
"How about multiples, you know, four or five?"
"They don't work the street. They have a pad called the Viewgina Monologues."
Excellent ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 5:12pm.
LMAO !
MD
What about the presstitutes in the bureau?
Submitted by kch50428 on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 10:23am.
Their offices across the country are full of partisan whores pretending to be journalists.
I don't understand the problem....
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 11:36am.
The hookers go to where the most customers are with the biggest wallets.
On the other hand, I can see the competition from honest whores bothering the news whores.
People may not be able to see the difference.....
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
Don't forget to clean out the
Submitted by TheReal_mojo on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 11:46am.
Don't forget to clean out the cheap whores inside the building, too.
Hire a security guard, you cheap ba$tards!
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 11:58am.
Hay, AP, why don't you just hire a security guard? The prostitutes won't be so eager to, ahh, ply their trade, so to speak, if you have a uniformed guard standing in front of your office building, especially if that guard is armed with a video camera. Why are you demanding the police to waste their manpower doing something you can do yourself? Are you really that cheap?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Question CobraMan?
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 2:44pm.
Did you mean to say 'uniformed' guard, or uninformed guard?
Seems to me that the later would be easier for them to find and hire because an INformed guard would charge more simply for the fact that blackmail information would come so easily.....
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
Considering what they make....
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 4:19pm.
Considering what security guards usually make , perhaps "uniformed" and "uninformed" are interchangeable. It doesn't take a genius to stand guard.
In the interest of full disclosure, I was a uniformed Security Guard back in the early 80's Talk about a boring job! No intellectual challenges there!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Dumb
Submitted by djaymick on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 1:18pm.
Do you really think the prostitutes go to corners where there is no activity to make a buck? My guess is that their writers are big "supporters" of them (you can point to a number of liberals who have been caught with their "pants down" in the last couple of years) and they hang around until they "get off" work.
Nah.
Submitted by ant on Thu, 05/31/2012 - 2:04pm.
No way. I'm sure 'journalists' that look like garden Gnomes and think the economy can be fixed by faking an alien invasion have no trouble scorin' with the chicks.
one thing to say -
Submitted by Agnostic on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 8:41am.
"It ain't cool being no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving"
- "Yeah!"