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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Diane Sawyer tapes Camden hookers, says they're in Philly

We always get a bum rap. Diane Sawyer's two-hour special "Prostitution in America: Working Girls Speak"on ABC Friday covered Camden prostitutes and referred to the city simply as "outside Philadelphia."

One reference in the piece said that the coverage was in Philadelphia. Sure, it's a few miles from Center City, but the piece never mentioned Camden or the state of New Jersey. Some footage was taped two years ago for a piece that never ran. It was rushed to air after the scandal of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer renewed ABC's interest in the world's oldest profession.

"The program described Camden, N.J., as 'outside Philadelphia' because, as the closest major city, we felt it would give our national audience a better understanding of the location," an ABC spokeswoman said yesterday. "At one point during the two-hour program, we did say that we were 'back in the streets of Philadelphia,' which was an error that we apologize for."

Posted by Dan Gross @ 9:13 AM  Permalink | 18 comments
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Posted by Fuzzy Dunlop 09:41 AM, 03/25/2008
If the cameras didn't fid these hookers across the river, they would have found the ones by Fairmount Park. There's hookers EVERYWHERE in/near philly!
Posted by PHILLYCHITCHAT 09:51 AM, 03/25/2008
I too caught that and was shocked. Broadway is in Camden, and Brooklawn is a little futher up rt 130.
Posted by Vote Dem In 08 12:38 PM, 03/25/2008
Diane Sawyer is a hideous hack. Has been for years. Don't know how she earned any respect as a journalist. Remember - she worked for Nixon - that says it all.
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Posted by Civil Negligence 01:45 PM, 03/25/2008
How would ABC report my habitual problem of taking hookers from both Camden and Philly onto barges on the Delaware River for their services?
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Posted by tdoc 03:03 PM, 03/25/2008
Close enough...there are plenty of whores in philly too
Posted by Centrist 03:29 PM, 03/25/2008
Does it really matter? I take it that many of you feel that Philly doesn't have hookers.
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Posted by Steak 03:51 PM, 03/25/2008
Dan knows how to get to Camden.
Posted by LJL 04:32 PM, 03/25/2008
Just another example of the "news" media committing slow suicide, and their too stupid to see it.
Posted by Sinmbile 06:31 PM, 03/25/2008
Get Alycia to slap her. Spitzer would pay to watch.
Posted by Ryan 10:42 PM, 03/25/2008
here's the difference between camden hookers and philly hookers. camden hookers have full blown AIDS. Philly hookers work inside asian massage parlors.
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Posted by MVKrum 08:05 AM, 03/26/2008
While i think it's a shame that Philadelphia was mentioned as the location even though it was technically Camden, let's not make more of this than it is. Philly has hookers too! Let's not get snotty over it. They could have just as easily filmed it in Center City.
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