Behar: Dolls 'Program' Girls for Motherhood; Block Careers
August 7th, 2009 1:31 PM
There's no consensus yet about the wisdom of a Spanish toy company making a doll that simulates breastfeeding. If consensus does eventually solidify, hopefully it won't be around Joy Behar's take. For "The View" host, the doll is a direct attack on feminism. The doll, Baby Gloton ("gluttonous baby"), is sold with a halter top for the owner to wear, embedded with computer chips where a woman's…
MSNBC Goes to Bat Against 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell
August 5th, 2009 5:49 PM
It's been a long time since MSNBC could pretend to be anything but a shill for liberal politicians, policies and causes. Any remaining doubts about that can be dispelled by surveying the network's recent coverage of the controversy over gays in the military. Cable news' self-described "place for politics" covered the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" administrative policy six different…
NBC 'Today' Co-host Vieira Cracks Joke About Ménage à Trois with Bro
August 3rd, 2009 6:18 PM
"Don't get me wrapped up in a menage-a-trois here."That's how NBC "Today" show co-host Meredith Vieira cracked a tasteless joke to prevent viewers from mistakenly assuming she is married to former NBC "Nightly News" anchor Tom Brokaw. The comment came shortly before 9 a.m. on the August 3 program, following the close of an "American Character" piece narrated by Brokaw from Cincinnati, Ohio, some…
Dear Abby, Is There Any ‘Lifestyle’ You Won’t Embrace
July 31st, 2009 10:46 AM
Here’s a dilemma: You come to find out that Cilla, the sister who’s been generously contributing thousands of dollars to your three kids’ college funds, is actually a porn star. The college cash turns out to be the ill-gotten gains of immoral exploitation. You’re horrified and consider returning the money. Your husband disagrees. What do you do?“G-Rated Sister in San Diego” wrote to the…
Newsweek: ‘Traditionalists Better Get Used to’ Polyamory
July 31st, 2009 8:20 AM
According to Newsweek, polyamory is here to stay and “the traditionalists had better get used to it.” Polyamory, reporter Jessica Bennett explained in her July 29 article, is the act of “engaging in loving, intimate relationships with more than one person – based upon the knowledge and consent of everyone involved.” While Bennett acknowledged that keeping track of multiple partners’ (and their…
ABC's Bachelorette to Anderson Cooper: 'Let's Talk About Your Sex Life
July 31st, 2009 6:21 AM
Greg Pollowitz at NRO Media Blog found CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper sat in as a host of Live With Regis and Kelly on Wednesday, and drew hoots and Internet notice by asking Jillian Harris, the latest star of the ABC reality show The Bachelorette, how many bachelors she er, took for a test drive before buying. She shot back: "Let’s talk about your sex life first, Anderson." (Video here.) Check…
ABC Obsessed with Alternative Sexual Lifestyles
July 29th, 2009 9:36 AM
Youngsters' curiosity about sex used to be sated by late night, soft-core flicks on premium cable channels. Now, they simply have to tune into ABC. ABC news programs have featured 76 segments about sexual activity in the last six months. The majority of these reports were related to political sex scandals or crime cases that contained a sexual element, but 11 promoted alternative sexual…
MSNBC Fill-in Host Deutsch: Palin 'First Woman in Power That Has Sexu
July 27th, 2009 5:33 PM
It's the kind of astute analysis you'd expect from MSNBC - the place for the politics. CNBC regular and MSNBC fill-in anchor Donny Deutsch solved the mystery behind the media's fascination with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. According to the former advertising executive, it has nothing to do with her stance on several hot-button issues - an advocate of gun rights, a pro-life stance on abortion…
NYT Advocates 'So-called Pullout Method' of Birth Control
July 22nd, 2009 10:58 AM
It is estimated that 20 percent of Americans have a sexually transmitted disease, with teenaged girls showing a higher rate of 26 percent.And the New York Times is advocating the "so-called pullout method" of birth control?Such seems to be the case in Monday's "Withdrawal Method Finds Ally." Readers are warned to proceed with caution as the following seems to defy logic in the year 2009: