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Gay-Baiting, Porn Stars Will Save 'Red Eye'

Greg Gutfeld hosts this crazy show on Fox News at 3 a.m. every night called Red Eye. Gutfeld, who we are pretty sure used to be funny, albeit in a winky fratty way, usually just tries to rile up and offend liberals while putting his friends on the air, but it's 3 a.m. so no one is watching to even get offended. The show's been on for more than a year now, which is alarming. In the attached clip, Gutfeld tries to start some sort of war of semantics with GLAAD over his coverage of the pregnant man story. He even says he NAILED THE MEDIA or something, it's all kind of sad. Not as sad as the press release we received from VIVID VIDEO, the porn company, announcing that one of their VIVID GIRLS is going to report on politics for Red Eye starting tomorrow night. Barrels across the nation shuddered in anticipation of a particularly nasty scraping. Press release after the jump. More »

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I'm Not Offended, I'm Just Bored: Why Gaming Journalism Should Stop Treating Women Like Meat


I'm not saying gaming news should become as mature a genre of journalism as politics, business, and world news. It's still a new field and will always be as subjective as covering music or film, with the accompanying celebrity culture. But now that women outnumber men in online gaming, party games like Rock Band appeal to both sexes, and casual games (popular among women and adults) are the fastest-growing segment of the gaming industry, gaming journalism should be an all-inclusive genre. Why does it still pander to a core audience of straight young males with outdated misogynistic material, to the boredom and frustration of all of us who can get laid outside of World of Warcraft? More »