Crappy Local News Station Writes About Sex-Tastic Manga, Ignores Convenient Rating Placed On Cover And Possibility That Parent Might Have Looked At That
One of the comics found by Problem Solver Nancy Alvarez featured parents who swap spouses.Ah, Florida. I did send the following email to their News Director:
"That's swinging and this is a girl no older than my daughter," parent Travis White said.
As a regular reader of comics and, on occasion, Japanese manga, I was appalled by the recent story of the local library sending children home with comics like PEACHY GIRL. Not with the event itself, but the shockingly bad reporting.
All Tokyopop titles feature a prominent age recommendation and the Peach Girl volumes featured are rated as Teen (Recommended for 13+). None of the volumes released feature explicit sex scenes and the material described in your piece was handled much more sensitively than any prime-time drama in this country.
I should say I'm shocked, but I'm not - ratings obviously matter more to your team than actually reporting the full story - those extra fifteen to thirty seconds can really cut into your other segments.
