Hooray CNN

In response to Aartie's post. This is something I wrote a few days ago for ChoiceUSA's blog Choicewords:

I was totally prepared to just let the Spitzer thing disappear into the black hole of all sex scandals, but when I saw on my iGoogle homepage: the Governor's Gal, I freaked. Are they serious with this crap?

The article is full of a bunch of shitty yellow journalism that our country is notorious for. CNN cited some of the reasons that this woman became a call girl with the Emperor’s Club. They quote extensively from her Myspace page (!!!), even though she explicitely remained tight-lipped with newspaper reporters.

“I just don’t want to be thought of as a monster,” Dupre told the newspaper. She revealed little else in the interview, but her MySpace page offered some insight into her background.

They go on to talk about the abuse she faced at home and her love of music. And all of this was taken from information posted on her Myspace page. Wow. That’s investigative journalism for you folks.

First of all, WHY are you prying into her personal life? I get that she was working with an organization that many have found "immoral" or whatever, and that has found some pretty nifty legal loopholes to avoid penalties, but she is not someone you should be targeting CNN! And, give me a goddamn break with the pictures you post of her! One is of her giving a very seductive look to the camera and the other is of her in a bikini?! They took it off of her Myspace page. God. Come on people, this is not news. Its sensationalism at the expense of a young woman’s privacy. I’m just appalled that someone got paid to write that article.

Governor Spitzer is an idiot, we can all agree. So let’s investigate WHY he’s an idiot, and why it’s so lucrative to pander to his idiocy. And how many young men and women are hurt in this occupation. Don’t drag this woman into it, and DON’T make your wife stand behind you at your press conference and pretend to look supportive when all she’s thinking about is how much better she deserves.