Media Views

Quoth Olbermann, of [alleged assault victim Paris] Hilton, "she’s had worse things happen to her face" than being punched in it. If that’s not enough for you, note the caption Olbermann devised to go with his report: "A Slut and Battery."... This caption (coupled with the vitriol he spewed) tells us everything we need to know about Olbermann’s attitude toward women: He thinks it is acceptable to judge women for their sexual choices. He thinks women who make particular sexual choices are to be taken less seriously when they claim to have been assaulted. He thinks it’s amusing to, um, "cleverly" invert a phrase often associated with domestic violence and use it to belittle women.