{"id":405,"date":"2008-03-14T18:05:16","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T22:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godandculture.wordpress.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2008-03-14T18:05:16","modified_gmt":"2008-03-14T22:05:16","slug":"that-a-on-her-sweater-doesnt-stand-for-ashley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/that-a-on-her-sweater-doesnt-stand-for-ashley","title":{"rendered":"That "A" on Her Sweater Doesn’t Stand for "Ashley""},"content":{"rendered":"

Why is Ashley Alexandra Dupre (aka, “Kristen,” the call girl at the center of the Eliot Spitzer scandal) not being held legally liable for her illegal “activities”? Instead she is being rewarded with flattering press coverage on the level of respect most foreign dignataries don’t receive from the American media. Playboy<\/a> and Hustler<\/a> are in a bidding war for her photo spread. And her cheesy\u00a0song <\/a>is being downloaded by the thousands at .98 cents a pop and played on Top 40 radio stations across the country. Her MySpace page has had more than 2.3 million visits since her name was revealed, and you can be certain some record label will make her the next “American Idol”<\/a> without having to go through the hassle of waiting in line to hear Simon tell her, “You stink.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Clearly Eliot Spitzer acted immorally. But he had a partner in his indiscretion. Is not Ashley’s indiscretion as immoral as the former governor’s? Why is our media culture rewarding her and crucifying him?<\/p>\n

With the positive treatment she has received in the media, it’s clear the media is just as willing to pimp themselves out for a story just\u00a0like a high-priced slut<\/a> working out of a Manhatten penthouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why is Ashley Alexandra Dupre (aka, “Kristen,” the call girl at the center of the Eliot Spitzer scandal) not being held legally liable for her illegal “activities”? Instead she is being rewarded with flattering press coverage on the level of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}