FYI, you people who speak of Media W----- have it all wrong.

[J B]

Check out the current story about Mistah Kurtz's scandal on mediawhoresonline.com .

They're not "whores," gentlemen.

You have given them too much credit.

The term implies they do it for free.

They are, rather...

Pimps.

Yes, pimps. Media pimps who prostitute themselves and others - in this case, Kurtz' wife counts as 'others' - but only, and this is the important part, for a fee.

A pimp who trades in barter is a pimp nonetheless.

Another message brought to you by J.B.

[J B]

1. Incidentally..

The darn site has what's arguably profanity in the URL and that bugs me because I did read GD's rules. (I may have posted 5 times in the last 3 months or something.) But a point had to be made, in light of the truly stunning scandal involving Howard Kurtz. Just the gall.. well, no. The gall I expected. The hypocrisy as well. What's the word I'm searching for? Well, I suppose, crassness.

[BOHICA06]

2. Rethink ....

the GE & Viacom masters are the pimps, living off the whoring of their minions.

But Media Whores don't do it for free ... they are well paid

an aside: whore does not imply free stuff ... it can be downright costly.

[HawkerHurricane]

3. Technically correct

A 'Whore' is one who sells to anyone...
Giving it away... there's a term from High School, but it's derogatory to women, and I've since learned that it's not even true.

[leesa]

4. Whores do it for free? That's a new one on me.