according to Larry King is the arrest of Michael Jackson for child molestation. Man, what a sense of history that guy has, huh?
Also, Lileks had a few choice words. Here's an excerpt:
The staff was split. Nightline, supposedly the Thinking Person’s Late Night Show, was split about whether a repudiation of 50 years of foreign policy was slightly more important than the arrest of a washed-up, crotch-grabbing yee-hee! squeaking nutball who was probably the horrid pedophile everyone already thought he was.
I still think a "pedophile" is someone who loves feet, isn't it? But I haven't seen anyone spell it "paedophile" so maybe I'm wrong.
Posted by Demosophist at November 20, 2003 09:14 PM | TrackBackYou know, I always thought the word was pederast.
Posted by: evariste at November 22, 2003 04:43 PMI gather that pederasty is a subset of pedophilia, although I'm not going to provide the definitions. I can't find paedophilia in Webster's although I think it probably is a correct spelling. Looks like the foot fetishists will have to come up with their own word.
I'm with John Stewart on this. The thought of having to listen to this coverage for the next six months, day in and day out, reminds me of the way I used to feel when my dad told me I had to mow our two-acre weed patch around the house, which was infested with these big nasty black spiders who'd jump on you and crawl up your legs under your trousers.
Posted by: Scott at November 23, 2003 01:49 PM