http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/taxonomy/term/997 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/628 <p>Tonight, ABC&#39;s 20/20 hit the streets looking for hookers &amp; intending to cash in on the salacious sides of sex work ~ with Diane Sawyer as lead pimp, making her paycheck just another one of the profits earned from the poor, down-trodden, girls she herself called exploited.</p> <p>Diane let us know from the start, with her Good Friday biblical references, that this was not actual news coverage nor anything remotely close to impartial reporting; and from that moment on both <a href="http://callsecondhandrose.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Secondhand Rose</a> and myself, <a href="http://www.sex-kitten.net/graciearchive.html" target="_blank">Gracie Passette</a>, began typing furiously to one another ~ and no, &#39;furiously&#39; wasn&#39;t our typing speed.</p> <p>Here are our notes.</p> <p>The two hour 20/20 was titled <font><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4480892&amp;page=1" target="_blank">Prostitution in America: Working Girls Speak</a></font>; apparently no one thought this ironic as Diane often interrupted her interviewees to put words in their mouths.</p><p><a href="http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/628">read more</a></p> http://sexinthepublicsquare.org/node/628#comments ABC Diane Sawyer gracie passette prostitution Secondhand Rose sex work sex workers women Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:45:54 -0700 Gracie 628 at http://sexinthepublicsquare.org