# Wait ... this shit is \*news\*? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 30, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606 "2003-01-30T14:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/1 "2003-01-30T14:11:11Z")
On [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) this morning … [http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/29/joemillionaire.fetish.reut/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/29/joemillionaire.fetish.reut/index.html) [qoute]LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) – One of three women finalists on the hit Fox reality show “Joe Millionaire” has starred under another name in dozens of bondage and fetish films, a Web site reported Wednesday. [/quote] It appears CNN sees nothing of importance going on in the world, so they throw in stories about some ladies’ personal life because she happns to be on a lousy TV show nobody watches. Not only is the piece completely pointless, but I can’t imagine it having any purpose except sensationalization to grab more viewers. Pathetic. They may as well rename themselves “World Weekly News Network” and forget the fucking idea of looking like a professional organization. They do too much of this shit. CNN: _WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT THIS GODDAM WOMAN??? WE ARE ABOUT TO GO TO WAR AND YOU WANT TO REPORT SOME WOMAN’S SEXUAL HABITS??_ Grow the fuck up, pull your head’s out of your asses, and stick to shit that matters! Good fucking God! No wonder nobody gives a shit what you have to say. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/2 "2003-01-30T14:17:15Z")
I like Joe Millionaire, but I agree, it’s not really news. I hate the news ticker that’s always scrolling across the bottom of the screen announcing the top five movies of the week and celebrities birthdays. I wish they would get rid of that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/3 "2003-01-30T14:20:24Z")
CNN is reporting this? Probably they just want to rub Fox’s nose in it. They’ll get back to informing the public later. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/4 "2003-01-30T14:27:43Z")
Hey, everybody’s gotta make a living! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/5 "2003-01-30T14:30:59Z")
It’s a valid topic because she’s in the public eye at the moment. Nature of the business. Slimy, but targetable. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/6 "2003-01-30T14:31:32Z")
They’re just trying to distract you, **Gorgon**. \ Then the Red Chinese come marchin’ in… \ ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/7 "2003-01-30T14:32:59Z")
I think it _is_ news, but not BIG news. More of the “gee, that’s interesting” type, than the “my god!” sort of info. I don’t much care the woman was in those videos, but dirt is always fun to hear. I mean, the woman starred in these videos that were distributed for public consumption. It’s not exactly private. Plus, they actually got a FOX executive to say “We do not comment on the personal lives of our reality show contestants.” No, they just put them on TV! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/8 "2003-01-30T14:38:55Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* > \*\* > Not only is the piece completely pointless, but I can’t imagine it having any purpose except sensationalization to grab more viewers. Pathetic._\* I don’t know, AOL Time Warner doesn’t own Fox. I agree with the rest of your OP 100% ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/9 "2003-01-30T14:39:25Z")
It’s no big deal. It’s not like it’s on the main news page, it’s on the entertainment page where it belongs. News agencies, even serious ones, have long reported on stuff like this. Many people are gossipy enough to care about stuff like this, at least enough to skim over it on their way to the sports page after reading the State of the Union address, and I see nothing wrong with news agencies reporting on it. As long as they keep in the right location (off the front page and in the entertainment or society pages) then what’s the big deal? I can’t comment on what coverage it’s getting on TV because I don’t have cable. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/10 "2003-01-30T14:44:33Z")
The sick part is that people do watch this shit and treat it as news. You know E! news and Entertainment Tonight are going to be all over this. Thusly they get ratings for reporting it. Ratings beget higher ad revenue… you get the picture. Crap like this is why I don’t even watch tv news anymore. Stick to NPR. At least their crap is still informative. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/11 "2003-01-30T14:45:29Z")
On my way into work this morning I saw this bit in a newspaper one of my fellow commuters was holding. At least they had the courtesy to publish lots of photos of her from her various bondage photo sessions. Now pictures of a women dressed as a cheerleader and hogtied, that my friend is **NEWS** ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/12 "2003-01-30T14:48:26Z")
Maybe if we do go to war, she can help secure the prisoners. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/13 "2003-01-30T15:01:00Z")
**lieu** , too true, and can you imagine what sort of revenue the footage could bring in for the government? 😉 But also, **World Eater** , that’s a point I had in my mind but forgot to make. Since CNN is not affiliated with FOX, I was even more disturbed because it’s obvious they don’t have anything to gain by “reporting” this. “Rubbing the noses” of FOX executives in this is not exactly a good plan. I mean, most people don’t care, and I would wager that most of who _do_ care will either be outraged they let this woman on TV or outraged they didn’t let, um, _more_ of this woman on TV, if you get my meaning. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/14 "2003-01-30T15:39:52Z")
And you forgot your point because you were thinking about her tied up. 😃 Yes I agree that they have nothing to gain by airing this pap. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/15 "2003-01-30T15:45:51Z")
And look for a spike in the sale of those videos. If I held the copyright on them I’d sure have leaked it. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/16 "2003-01-30T18:24:34Z")
What if they took this woman and had pictures of her done up in her bondange and whatever gear and plastered them all over Bagdad. “Surrender to USa and you will be rewarded by spanking this woman.” World Peace has never come easier. Ohhhhh…double entendre…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/17 "2003-01-30T18:33:31Z")
Which one was in the videos? Oooh, I look forward to watching the next episode and trying to guess. Then I will tune in to CNN and find out if I was right! What’s not newsworthy about this? Hey, the whole Iraq thing is just another war. This chick was in **bondage videos!** ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/18 "2003-01-30T18:49:30Z")
I learned the hard way about CNN a few months ago. All they wish to do, it seems, is incite moral outrage and obtain ratings. Isn’t Connie Chung on CNN? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/19 "2003-01-30T19:15:47Z")
LOL 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606/20 "2003-01-30T20:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* > \*\*she happns to be on a lousy TV show nobody watches. > \*\* While I agree it’s not news, but is entertaintment news, I gotta call you on this one. Considering it’s one of the highest rated shows on TV right now, you can’t really claim that nobody is watching. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-shit-is-news/151606.md?page=2)