A Blogger Mentions A BJ On MSNBC. The World Stops.
Posted by: Ami Angelowicz
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11:20AM, Tuesday July 14th 2009
Ever say something at the wrong time? Well, rest assured that nothing you said was as poorly received as when blogger Marcy Wheeler of FireDogLake.com accidentally-on-purpose dropped the word “blowjob” yesterday on MSNBC. “And your idea is that after investigating Bill Clinton for a blowjob for, like, five years, we shouldn’t investigate the huge, grossly illegal things done under the past administration?” she said. As the b-word came out, you can hear the reporters audibly gasp right before Wheeler’s segment is 86’d. Oops. Worse? An uptight co-host then apologized on behalf of Wheeler. Twice!
What I’m wondering is—what the heck should Marcy have said that would have been appropriate for a daytime news show? A hummer? A Lewinsky? A “sexual relation?” A “creative use of a cigar?” Is the term blowjob really all that offensive? More importantly, are we still not over the Bill and Monica sex scandal? [Gawker]
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MissChaotic
wrote on July 14 2009 @ 11:30 am: [report]
That was funny.
Perceptible
wrote on July 14 2009 @ 01:01 pm: [report]
I don’t think Marcy is sorry. I think she chose the word cause that’s what it was. Are we really so uptight as a country that the word blowjob is inappropriate for daytime TV? Who is watching MSNBC during the day that can’t hear that word? Toddlers? The crazy things that happen on Jerry Springer are much more unsettling for kids to see on daytime TV. Gimme a break. They didn’t like what she had to say so they focused on her choice of words.
alleigh25
wrote on July 14 2009 @ 01:50 pm: [report]
The thing is, anyone who is young enough that they “shouldn’t” hear it wouldn’t know what it meant anyway. I agree with Perceptible…we are way too uptight about that sort of thing.
And apparently, no, we aren’t over that yet. It’s still a pretty frequent pop culture reference, for some reason. We as a country may be uptight, be we are also apparently rather easily amused.