THE iPINIONS JOURNAL: DC madam uses ABC News to tease public’s prurient interest in her black book of no-name "Johns"

Sunday, May 06, 2007

DC madam uses ABC News to tease public’s prurient interest in her black book of no-name "Johns"

Alas, despite all the foreplay, ABC’s 20/20 “exposé” on Friday, which promised to out “some of the most newsworthy names in Washington” who were allegedly listed in a DC madam’s black book, turned out to be a frustrating anti-climax at best. In fact, Geraldo’s grand opening of Al Capone’s empty vault was more stimulating TV.

Therefore, please forgive me for enticing you to tune in to this ABC pep show. Because, if you did, you must feel like a sucker too.

(And to think that my favorite investigative reporter, ABC’s Brian Ross, allowed this madam to pimp him like a media whore to get us all hot and bothered about this show.)

Our decision at the end was not to name any names. [After all] based on our reporting it turned out not to be as newsworthy as we thought in terms of the names.
[Brian Ross delivering the line during Friday night’s broadcast of 20/20 that left viewers all over America with blue balls]