Don't get me wrong here: I like boobies; bazongas; headlights; cans; melons; honkers; breasts; mammaries etc ad infinitum. I like female, and I like all that 'female' implies which happens to include the tasty sensual and sexy bits.
I am also not stupid, and so I know about a little thing we grownups like to call "appropriate to time and place". We also call it "respect for the wholeness of a human being", and sometimes we call it "trying not to think with your dick once in a while".
But I digress. Take a look:
First, this kinda crap doesn't happen by accident. Some producer sat in a meeting and made a decision about what b-roll to put on the air; and even if that producer delegated the actual decision to an underling, that underling chose clips from the file footage that he/she knew to be in keeping with whatever is Standard Operating Procedure according to the station's and/or the network's style book. Those jiggle shots didn't happen by accident. Of course, the affiliate's PR folks tried to claim otherwise:
Second, this shit happens a lot at DumFux News, but somehow the "apology" never includes a mention of any disciplinary action being taken against the Producers, Associate Producers, Reporters, Editors, Interns, et al.
The kicker though is that a majority of viewers who called the station about the story were pissed off and that's what prompted the apology.
When 51% of DumFux viewers find something on Dumfux News objectionable, I have to take it as a good sign.
(more than a) hat tip = Crooks & Liars
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