Thursday, November 09, 2006

"Oversight"

"Paula Zahn began her work at CNN on September 11, 2001, joining anchor Aaron Brown in the coverage of the events of that day. She began her scheduled morning shift the next day, and by January she launched her CNN morning news program titled American Morning with Paula Zahn. Over that first weekend of January, 2002, CNN aired an advertisement for American Morning which called Zahn "sexy" and paired the adjective with a sound effect some interpreted to be a zipper opening. The ad was quickly pulled after the network received significant criticism for what was considered an undignified and sexist portrayal of a serious journalist. CNN attributed the ad's content to a lack of oversight." --- Wikipedia

cuddlymogwai finds it interesting that "a lack of oversight" can result in the same situations as "oversight" itself.

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