This Sunday, Times child porn authority Kurt Eichenwald reported on "the latest trend in online child exploitation: Web sites for pedophiles offering explicit, sexualized images of children who are covered by bits of clothing — all in the questionable hope of allowing producers, distributors and customers to avoid child pornography charges." The piece was troubling, to be sure (particularly the part about 9-year-old Sparkle, "her tight panties and skimpy top... soaked and revealing"), but we found an extra bit of frisson when we read the story online, where the following (no doubt random) ads appeared alongside it.

We never thought we'd say this, but, please, bring back that scary picture of "Classic Maureen Dowd."

Using Nearly Nude Pictures, Child Sex Sites Test Laws [NYT]

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