What the hell? This is called "news" at Huffington Post?

[redqueen]

Cindy Crawford Naked And Lathered Up In Allure (NSFW PHOTO)
NAKED: Padma Lakshmi, Chelsea Handler And Eliza Dushku Strip For Allure's Nude Issue (PHOTOS)


Sure it's in the "entertainment" section... but Jesus... really?

[MrCoffee]

1. You're behind the times, redqueen

Richardo's already got 14 replies to his thread on the topic...of course, he did include samples.

[redqueen]

2. The spirit of that thread is entirely different.

That one's about slobbering.

This one's about lamenting our slide toward Idiocracy. Porn is not news. I like porn, but it's not fucking news.

[TZ]

3. .

"That ones about slobbering"....you don't hold back do you..:rofl:

[redqueen]

5. I don't mean to be nasty... but yeah I'm pissed off so it comes out that way.

If it was pictures of naked buff guys I'd be slobbering away myself. If I wasn't so lazy and only lusting after one guy, I'd post a bunch of pics of guys myself just for fairness.


But christ... Huffington Post?

How long till you can get a lapdance at Starbucks? Huh? HUH?!

[TZ]

6. You make good points.

I like sports but I stopped getting the Sports Illustrated Magazine cause I was tired of the "Swimsuit edition". Nada to do with sports....

[redqueen]

7. Which IMO would be *fine* if they'd just put men in it too.

Seriously... I'm sick of hearing that 'nobody wants to see that'. Bullfuckinshit!

[MrCoffee]

4. Down 4 goals, redqueen

I've can't do nuance today.

[merh]

8. I think crawford is proud of how she looks for her age

and I think she has every right to feel that way - more power to her for being able to get paid for her nudes

that said, it really isn't news but huffington is not really your average "news source" - what the heck

[redqueen]

10. IF she hasn't gone under the knife...

then maybe.

That's another thing I'm fucking sick of is junkies of the superficial going all OOOH and AAHHHH cause some hollywood starlet gets effective plastic surgeries and chooses good hair dye.

The way I see it... it's superficial BS and yeah... look hot all you want but don't pretend it's frickin newsworthy... christ.

And yeah... it's an average news source I'll be avoiding like the plague... cause fuck that shit. Until they start pimping naked men like that... fuck them.

[merh]

12. aww, what the fuck

It takes more than going under the knife to have the body she has at her age and if I could afford it, I'd probably go under the knife myself.

They do pimp naked men, play girl still exists, doesn't it? The guys who appear on tv with their shirts off, their beef cake, is used all the time to attract viewers.

Like I said, HuffPost is not the average or mainstream news source, and newspapers and news programs do the same thing all the time.

[redqueen]

14. "They" refers to HuffPo... until *HuffPo* starts pimping naked men

the way they're doing with women.

And NO Playgirl does not exist anymore. Who the hell wants to see that lame ass shit?

And yeah... I'm now aware that we're a lot closer to Idiocracy than I previously thought. One more outlet to cross off my 'acceptable' list.

[merh]

16. FYI - it is in the HuffPo's entertainment section

and it is listed on the front page as the Most Popular article for the day.

For me, life is too short and the real issues of life too real for this type of shit to put me on the edge.

[redqueen]

17. I said that in the OP... that it's in the "entertainment" section.

And yeah... no shit... most popular... who'da thunk?

We all have our buttons. This is mine. Mea fucking culpa.

[tigereye]

20. or they've had some "problem" and their publicist thinks everyone should

know about it. Yup, it's tedious.

[redqueen]

27. At least that's closer to what might be considered news...

not just "OMG LOOK YOU GUYZ TEHSE WIMMINZ POSED NAAAAAAKED!" :eyes:

[tigereye]

30. yeah, you'd think that no one had ever seen anyone naked before...

Using women as commodities and grist for the mill still rankles this old school feminist.

[tigereye]

31. yeah, you'd think that no one had ever seen anyone naked before...

Using women as commodities and grist for the mill still rankles this old school feminist.

[redqueen]

32. My sentiments exactly!

I love porn... I love nudity... I love sex.

But there is a time and a place. That's all I'm sayin!

[jobycom]

9. You don't watch the news much, do you?

It's all porn or violence, or porn disguised as violence, or violence disguised as porn. Anything resembling real news has disappeared as completely as the concept that education should be about learning to think rather than memorizing trivia. We are the civilization of "Jeopardy!".

[redqueen]

11. No, I don't.

IMO we are the civilization of Idiocracy. It's becoming more and more obvious.

[jobycom]

13. Idiocracy, Jeopardy, Palin-y, Bushie... Our nation is in its dotage, I fear.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. Well, it IS entertainment, although...

I have absolutely no idea what Jesus would think about it.

[redqueen]

18. Entertainment news... to me... seems like it'd be about entertainment...

not about which *female* actresses have recently posted NAKED! (Their emphasis)


Whatever... I guess this is acceptable for most. I find it an outrage and I apologize to any on DU whom I have offended with my daring to say anything but positive things about pics of naked women being called ANY kind of 'news'.

[tigereye]

22. It's not "news" by any stretch of the imagination. It's gossipy pandering.

[TreasonousBastard]

23. Nekkid wimmins have been...

noted in Greek and Roman times as having been entertainment, and little has changed since.

Nekkid mens are funny, if not mildly revolting; nekkid wimmin are hawt-- a possibly unfortunate and unfair situation, but one we've lived with for at least 3,000 years, and possibly back to the dawn of civilization.

Not everyone agrees that this is the way it should be, but I'm not upset by your outrage, although I'm not entirely sure why you are outraged.

[redqueen]

25. But I didn't say it wasn't "entertainment"... I said it's not news.

It is not "entertainment *news*". It just isn't.

[AirBaud]

19. Thanks for the Padma Lakshmi,

heads up.

[redqueen]

21. The pic is in the other thread. Please, go there. Don't visit that site.

The one of the other chick isn't even good. It's just her from the side curled up.

Well I don't think it's as sexy as the other two shots, anyway... not even close.

[Pierre.Suave]

24. It is news to me...

:P

I had no idea this had happened, I am glad they told me.

[redqueen]

26. The majority agrees with you, clearly. (nt)

[Richardo]

28. I agree with you, redqueen - it's not news.

My post started with a much more ironic title: "Breaking news from HuffPost: Women not wearing hosiery, or anything else"\

But it was sinking too fast, so I went for the pander. :)

[redqueen]

29. Pandering works.

[hunter]

33. Ow! my balls! (If it's good enough for PETA...)

http://www.peta.org.uk/feat/eva_mendes.asp

http://earthfirst.com

[AlecBGreen]

34. come back later! Im 'batin!