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CNN Reporter Arrested in Central Park, Most Media Ignore Sex Element
Newsbusters ^ | 04/19/08 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 04/19/2008 2:19:24 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

Imagine for a moment that a Fox News reporter was arrested in Central Park early in the morning with a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals. Do you think this little nuance would be included in press coverage of this bizarre event?

Probably in the headline and the opening paragraph, right?

Well, for some reason, though news outlets did report the odd happenings in NYC Friday morning when CNN's Richard Quest was officially arrested for loitering and drug possession, from what I can tell, only the New York Post included the "kinky" elements in its article Saturday

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: cnn; homosexualagenda; meth; newsblackout; nyc; richardquest
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To: Morgana

It’s so he can nod both heads at the same time!


21 posted on 04/19/2008 2:38:59 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: Kid Shelleen

The comment left by shawn on the NewsBusters site:

“I actually prefer a silk tie, the rope makes me chaffe”

lol


22 posted on 04/19/2008 2:39:38 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: al baby

Your little yellow guy is a wimp. How many real men would run out screaming?


23 posted on 04/19/2008 2:40:08 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: al baby

Your little yellow guy is a wimp. How many real men would run out screaming?


24 posted on 04/19/2008 2:40:08 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Kid Shelleen

....with a rope around his neck and the other end tied to his nuts?...

The stress of being a whack left liberal at CNN is to much for some.....


25 posted on 04/19/2008 2:40:45 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: joebuck
I imagine it’s because most people in the MSM found the kinky part completely normal and common among their crowd and, thus, inconsquential.

I believe you are exactly correct. The people "reporting" the story probably breezed right past the kinky part without a second thought.

26 posted on 04/19/2008 2:40:53 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

27 posted on 04/19/2008 2:42:28 PM PDT by AndrewB
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To: Southack
Big deal. How does any of that stop the destructive march of anti Americanism at CNN and the rest? Imagination.. Oh no!

28 posted on 04/19/2008 2:42:33 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: RichInOC

A Blast from the past, Satyricon.

The next to appear is a catamite, the silliest of mankind and quite worthy of the house, who beat his hands together, gave a groan, and then spouted the following delightful effusion:

“Who hath a pathic lust,
With Delian vice accurst;
Who loves the pliant thigh,
Quick hand and wanton sigh;
Come hither, come hither, come hither,
Here shall he see
Gross beasts as he,
Lechers of every feather!”


29 posted on 04/19/2008 2:44:39 PM PDT by Little Bill (Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire)
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To: xtinct

He had the rope tied around his genitals to help correct his “wide stance”.


30 posted on 04/19/2008 2:49:35 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: nmh
You should see his picture! He’s got to be “gay”!

Really baffling this is not the lead story worldwide. Could there be anything more important?

31 posted on 04/19/2008 2:50:21 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: xtinct

Does anyone make man-burkas?


32 posted on 04/19/2008 2:51:43 PM PDT by OeOeO
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To: Kid Shelleen
The truth is that to the core of modern "liberalism", this kind of kinkiness is his own business--provided he tolerates other forms of moral depravity of those who subscribe to this kind of unspoken contract.

Core liberals realize that society at large yearns or higher standards, and they deeply resent it, and try to manipulate the rest of us into joining the unspoken pact of moral depravity.

Thus when one of their own falls into moral depravity, they cover up. When one of their enemies falls into moral depravity, the shout it from the roof tops and are full of self righteous condemnation.

33 posted on 04/19/2008 2:52:07 PM PDT by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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To: Kid Shelleen
'CNN Reporter Arrested in Central Park, Most Media Ignore Sex Element

That's because he wasn't Brit Hume.

Great screen name BTW.

34 posted on 04/19/2008 2:54:21 PM PDT by OeOeO
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To: Kid Shelleen

I am sure there is a reasonable explanation /s “

Could it be that gays run most of the fish wraps?


35 posted on 04/19/2008 2:54:32 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
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To: joebuck

I read he had a rope tied to his “winkie”
and Drugs in His pocket.

sounds like something a democrat would do.


36 posted on 04/19/2008 2:56:35 PM PDT by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: Kid Shelleen

... just as long as no nooses were involved.


37 posted on 04/19/2008 3:00:12 PM PDT by 6SJ7
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To: nmh
“CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals,

Maybe he was just taking little Dick for a walk?

38 posted on 04/19/2008 3:03:18 PM PDT by jellybean (Write in Fred! - Proud Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
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To: RichInOC
What were his parents thinking?

Dick Quest's fate was decided long ago.

39 posted on 04/19/2008 3:04:27 PM PDT by kaboom
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To: Kid Shelleen
...arrested in Central Park early in the morning with a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals.

The 46-year-old reporter was initially arrested at 3:42 a.m. at W. 64th St. and West Drive for being in the park after the 1 a.m. closing, cops said.

He may have been coming from The Ramble, a notorious gay love nest buried in a densely wooded area of Central Park. It's less than 10 blocks from the area where he was arrested.

The Ramble as a gay icon
Since at least the early 20th century, the seclusion of the Ramble has been used for private homosexual encounters. In the 1920s, the lawn at the north end was referred to as the "fruited plain" and in the 1950s and 1960s the Ramble was feared by many as a haven for "anti-social persons".[10] In the early 1960s, under Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr., the parks department proposed building a senior center in the ramble with the hope of curbing gay encounters and anti-gay assaults.[11] Today, the Ramble's strong reputation for cruising for sex has given way somewhat to nature walks and environmentalism. However, some in the gay community still consider the Ramble to be "ground zero for outdoor gay sex", enjoying the "retro feel" of sneaking off into the woods.[12] A tradition much older than Christopher Street and Fire Island, the Ramble continues to be a gay icon even in the more open environment of modern New York.

wikipedia:
The Ramble as a gay icon

40 posted on 04/19/2008 3:04:45 PM PDT by Eye On The Left
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