[lbo-talk] Thoughts on Palin and Sexism

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 11 14:35:31 PDT 2008


At 12:55 PM 9/11/2008, Charles Brown wrote:


>CB: I recall one question in the exchange between us (below) as being
>whether the Enquirer does _news_.

When Edwards has a love child that's news, like it or not.


>the family tragedy of the Simpsons are of private ,
>not public, interest and import, and it is an abuse of the press
>function to waste so much ink on them.

Murder is of public interest and import and has been since long before the Enquirer came along.


>And the people reading this stuff are acting like busy bodies and
>peeping toms.

How can you type while you're wagging a finger?


>No way you can move _The Enquirer_ out of the "sensation rag"
>category.

I'm not interested in that kind of move. That would be your hobby horse



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