x
shiny
"Lock the doors and close the blinds -- we're going for a ride..."
 
"The Spawn"

Last night I mentioned the promo for this Friday's "20/20" that disgusted me. The promo article is on the web and I wanted to show it to everyone so you can see how tacky this is...





Be My Baby


A Unique Look Inside the Intense Competition of the Open Adoption Process


April 26 — In a unique television event, Barbara Walters documents a young birth mother's journey as she selects who, among five anxious couples vying for a child of their own, will become parents to her child.


"I was basically deciding if they're going to have children or not. I was kind of playing God," says Jessica, 16, about her heartwrenching choice of who would adopt and raise her unborn baby boy while allowing her to continue to play a part in his life.


20/20 cameras are there as each couple tries to convince the pregnant girl that they would be the best parents for her soon-to-be-born baby. But after all of the heartache, will the 8½-month pregnant high school sophomore really be ready to sign away her legal rights once the baby is born and she can hold him in her arms?




I wish I was making this up. But the text in its entirety can be found at http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/Living/Adoption_promo_040426-1.html.



I'm the last person to advocate censorship on the airwaves, believe me. ABC has a right to broadcast this drivel. But come on! This isn't a game show here; this is being passed off as a segment on an ABC News program hosted by Barbara Walters. Is this really a good used of ABC News's resources?!?



I understand that all of the participants are consenting to come on the air and have been filmed once the teen-mom's decision has been made. (Yes, it was all pre-filmed, a fact that certainly isn't apparent during the promos for the show.) But does America really want to see five couples begging for a baby on TV, game-show style? Do we really need to see a sophomore in high school explaining that she's "playing God" as she makes her decision?



The FCC has been fining broadcast organizations right and left for indecent content. Hey, Michael Powell: Can you find any fucking decency here?



Of course they're not going to go after something like this. They can't go after Barbara Walters; after all, she's a national treasure. ABC News perhaps, a subsidiary of Disney? Ha. They won't go after someone as golden as Oprah, either. The wrath is saved for the shock-jocks...



One final thought about this show -- throughout it all, the teen mom-to-be "still doesn't know" <wink wink> if she'll actually give up the baby at all -- she might decide to keep it. But who knows? Maybe one of these couples will get lucky! I don't know much about adoption, but I can guess that if a decision has to be made about who will get custody of and nurture a child for the next 18 years, the decision will probably best be made in the presence of bright lights, TV cameras, and a woman who pronnounces her consanants like she's three years old.



What better environment can you have to make decisions about your child's future?

 
Profile
In the interrogation room

November 22nd
saxophire

November 21st
dismh8
Andreux
myspacebarbroke

November 20th
athleticsafrica

November 19th
ravager

November 18th
lyinginthemist
imloved
myspacebarbroke
Friends

Teabaggers: A bunch of Vile Swine
- So, here are "human beings" who call themselves Tea Partiers who mock and...
...
Ugh.
- I could really go for Five Guys right now. Just thinking about dipping their fries in malt vinegar ac
...
Don't wake me up...
- You came to me In seemless sleep and slipped right in Behind my eyes on the back o
...
Calendar

November 2009
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930

February 2009
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728

November 2008
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30


Older

Crazy 40

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
- Happy Saint Patricks Day!
...
9/40 replies (Reply Now)