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November 14, 2002
Internet still scary place, more news at 11
Which line makes no sense when used for a story from a print publication, but the coffee and two cups of tea are wearing off. Perhaps I should try sleeping instead.
Picture swiped from Web used in porn adsA 26-year-old graphic artist from Chicago got a surprise after posting her picture on an Internet personals site.
She found that someone had lifted her mug and attached it to dozens of ads with pornographic descriptions.
In one ad, she was a Denver 23-year-old who expected "breakfast in bed" after the first date. In another, she was "Chocolate--Starfish--0" who asked men to "send me your e-mail and a pic of yourself. Who knows, maybe I'll make you explode."
"You have no control," said the woman, who did not want her identity revealed. "That's the hardest thing to deal with. You have no idea who's seen it."
Not that the Chicago Sun-Times is a tabloid or nothing. I mean, it is, in form, but that doesn't mean the content is. . . aw, skip it.
Elsewhere, they report that Belafonte defends 'slave' comment in Chicago visit:
Entertainer and longtime human rights activist Harry Belafonte told a gathering of Chicago liberals Wednesday he would not back down from his criticisms of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell for being ''house slaves'' doing the bidding of President Bush. ''I didn't say anything you haven't been saying,'' Belafonte told the gathering, who responded with chuckles and applause. He spoke at a private breakfast at the Gold Coast penthouse of Bettylu Saltzman, former chief of staff to Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.).More than 50 like-minded people paid $100 to hear Belafonte at the gathering, which was a fund-raiser for the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights. Guests included former alderman and radio talk show host Cliff Kelley, DuSable Museum founder Margaret Burroughs and activist and media consultant Marilyn Katz.
And to think.
I used to avoid reading the Tribune because the bias was so evident.
Posted by Aaron at November 14, 2002 04:36 PM
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