Exactly. I mean, I don't care if Ms. Phillips started calling it 'consensual' or not, because no, it reallyreally isn't. The power imbalance is so strong that it can never be anything besides skeevy manipulation.
And yeah, I wish the AP would learn that, too, but hey-- their only concern is ratings/selling papers and whatnot, not, y'know, being objective and/or honest, so what do they care.
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Date: 2009-09-23 11:17 pm (UTC)And yeah, I wish the AP would learn that, too, but hey-- their only concern is ratings/selling papers and whatnot, not, y'know, being objective and/or honest, so what do they care.
Rrr.