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."
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!— Fuzzy Dunlop- I too caught that and was shocked. Broadway is in Camden, and Brooklawn is a little futher up rt 130.— PHILLYCHITCHAT
- 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.— Vote Dem In 08
Comment removed.- How would ABC report my habitual problem of taking hookers from both Camden and Philly onto barges on the Delaware River for their services?— Civil Negligence
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- Close enough...there are plenty of whores in philly too— tdoc
- Does it really matter? I take it that many of you feel that Philly doesn't have hookers.— Centrist
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- Dan knows how to get to Camden.— Steak
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- Get Alycia to slap her. Spitzer would pay to watch.— Sinmbile
- here's the difference between camden hookers and philly hookers. camden hookers have full blown AIDS. Philly hookers work inside asian massage parlors.— Ryan
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- 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.— MVKrum
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