Are we prudes? Or are we willing to do the unthinkable for the sake of ratings?
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October 30, 2009
MSNBC Airs Uncensored Breast Self-Exam
Posted by mcnorman under Uncategorized | Tags: Elizabeth Edwards, lifestyle, culture, msnbc, breast cancer, censor, tv, ratings, nancy sniderman, breast exam |[17] Comments
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October 30, 2009 at 10:11 pm
F#cking perverse freaks. I am so sick of porn, and that’s all this is.
October 30, 2009 at 10:18 pm
This was a ratings stunt. Why did they do this on the 2nd day before Breast Cancer Awareness Month was over? RATINGS. This is not about women.
October 31, 2009 at 12:04 am
The November SWEEPS Period probably started today.
October 31, 2009 at 12:07 am
Yes!
November SWEEPS ratings stunt it is!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_ratings
Nielsen 2009 sweeps dates March 2009 March 5 – April 1, 2009
May 2009 April 23 – May 20, 2009
July 2009 July 2 – July 29, 2009
November 2009 October 29 – November 25, 2009
October 31, 2009 at 1:01 am
Anything for ratings, what’s next a live execution?
October 30, 2009 at 10:30 pm
MSNBC – the network of boobs.
NBC is for Naked Boob Central
To avoid charges of discrimination, next week they are doing an uncensored testicular self exam.
Viewers beware: falling ratings ahead.
October 30, 2009 at 10:38 pm
LOL…Yes, I can see the falling ratings now.
October 31, 2009 at 1:05 am
Geesh. That sounds Freudian.
lol
October 31, 2009 at 1:07 am
Here are the elements of this “story”, which are the necessary elements of propaganda…
(a) Sex
(b) The media
(c) A false argument
Even if people weren’t going to be shown an actual breast exam, the point of the story is to get people to watch. Next up for sure will be an expose on colorectal and prostate exams. Oh goodie. Can’t wait for that one…
Are doctors becoming bored with themselves and their profession? Have they become guilty of transgressing the basic principles of the hallowed trust between patient and physician, and they are looking for an ethical way out, which is government run health care? And are we all somehow supposed to accept the fact that aside from simply going to the doctor, that it might wind up on teevee somewhere? Are there new rules about privacy that we didn’t get the memo on?
This is what’s wrong with the whole picture. A person’s health is private. It is not a game to be played by uninvited disinterested guests. But of course in the day and age in which playing the victim has become an American art form, one expects nothing less than complete 100% exploitation of ones life.
To equate this story to prudishness is similar to making the case for public executions. Hey, why not! That’s what they do in Iran. Maybe that’s what’s next. Mr. Obama is setting new low standards in the areas of decency and respect. One gets the feeling that the ones who are going to get lined up against the wall won’t have a chance to have their voices heard because nobody would want to raise their voice at that point out of fear, disbelief, and a sense of futility. At the rate we’re going, the threshold of credibility will be so badly damaged that life and death become meaningless.
October 31, 2009 at 3:55 am
Can we be far from this? I think not. As Imust said, the Golden Age of Obama has now ushered in the exploitation of women for their own good.
October 31, 2009 at 3:57 am
Oh, and women will like it because POTUS said so.
October 31, 2009 at 1:52 am
The woman in the video was 28….hmmmm….the doctor said they should have showed a woman in her 50s….hmmm….I wonder why they didn’t??? I…wonder????
Welcome to the Golden Age of Obama…..women exploited, but for their own good!
October 31, 2009 at 3:56 am
OMG, can you imagine a 50 yr old doing a breast exam and the outrage it would cause? Yet, this is exactly what tells me that this was nothing more than a ratings gig.
November 1, 2009 at 1:32 am
Didn’t know about it. Ratings bomb as far a I’m concerned.
They could have easily done a computer animation, which instructionally probably would have been more informative.
November 1, 2009 at 3:11 am
Absolutely could have done computer animation. This was IMO nothing short of titillating the audience.
November 12, 2009 at 1:40 pm
You know… If we were showing a way to treat an injury, or even open heart surgery, nobody would have cared. But despite the fact that breast cancer is a serious issue and a serious cause for concern, because the video showed a part of the body that prudes are offended by, and I say that because technically they’re blaming this all on sexuality when it’s not even a part of the body used for coitus. It’s just another phase of the whole issue from the twenties where wearing a bathing suit that showed a woman’s ankles was scandalous.((Would they have been this uproar about a topless man?))
November 12, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Brandon, breast cancer awareness info should have been targeted at the population it hits more often…older women, 50+. Would you have been as tantalized if you had watched a 50+ woman? Do you believe their ratings would have been as high? Well?