Arianna Huffington and Harry Shearer

So today we learn where at least some TV stations around the country draw the line. They will refuse to air an episode of the Jerry Springer show whereon a man discusses his five-year-long marriage with a...nun? That would be fine. A prostitute? Excellent. His own teenage daughter? A classic episode. No, the line is crossed because the alleged marriage is with a horse. Alert the media and Bill Bennett--we have found the place where deviancy is not defined downward. The moral center of at least the television industry is located at the portal to bestiality. Nice to know that the kids and teenagers watching the verbal equivalent of the World Wrestling Federation will be saved from learning about one form of carnality, thanks to the lately-discovered sensibilities of local station managers. Or does this just reflect the hefty lobbying power of the ASPCA?

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