What in the hell has happened to our world?
The following blurb appeared on today’s home page of www.dcrtv.com, a website dedicated to reporting news on TV and radio in the Washington, DC area:
WTOP reporter Amy Held was bitten by a capuchin monkey named Armani when she tried to ask it who it favored for president. The attack was captured by a Fox5 news crew. Held was treated at Georgetown University Hospital with a tetanus shot and antibiotics for a bite to her pinky finger. Later, the Rockville owner of the monkey said it was supporting Obama.
Sending a reporter to ask a monkey who it favors for president? Why not send the reporter to ask a dishmop whether it favors union representation for the nation’s restaurant workers, or ask a coat hanger its views on partial-birth abortion.
I suppose WTOP recalled the long history of monkey involvement in the political process: Bonzo, J. Fred Muggs, Michael Dukakis.
(Note to reader: As I wrote this blog, I googled “ronald reagan’s monkey.” The first entry read, “Ronald Reagan’s monkey spoke to me. ‘Judas was entrusted to disband the law firm of prosecutors that orchestrated the political crucifixion of the Savior…’” But I digress…)
Any reporter worth her salt would have quit on the spot. But I’m sure reporterette Amy Held is still at work chasing down the hard news stories in the nation’s capital. Maybe next they’ll send her to the local animal shelter to do some exit polling.
Sigh.
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