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Oh, The (Wrong) By : Ben Suroeste

’ll be the first to admit that I’m easily confused
Things You Can Learn Iat times – a function, perhaps, of my many
years of dedicated pursuit of chemically-
induced happiness.
From Mainstream stems not from my own eroding mental capacity,
Still, there are times when my befuddlement

Coverage Of Porn but from the fact I’m reading something which
doesn’t quite add up. I experienced such a
moment this morning, when I read an article
published by Fortune yesterday proclaiming
“Adult Entertainment Industry Remains Shut
Down After Positive HIV Test.”

“The adult entertainment business remains
essentially on hold as studios have shut down
production after a performer (reportedly male)
tested positive for HIV last week,” the article
states. “The shutdown, which was called on
Apr. 12 by the Free Speech Coalition (FSC),
a trade group that represents the adult
entertainment industry, was initially expected
to only last through Monday. But now the group
says there’s no timeframe as to when shooting
might resume.”

The main reason I suffered momentary
cognitive dissonance over these lines, of
course, is that the Free Speech Coalition
put out several updates on its production
hold, including one on Monday which stated
“production could potentially resume as soon
as late Wednesday or early Thursday” – and
of course, yesterday’s announcement, which
announced the hold had been lifted and
shooting could commence again as soon as
the PASS database reopened.

To be fair, it’s quite possible the Fortune
post was composed before the FSC put out
any of those statements, and/or published
in between the updates which clarified the
anticipated length of the production hold. Still,
we live in a 24/7 news cycle world these days,
and as of when I typed this paragraph, Fortune
had yet to publish an update of its own.

Another erroneous, porn industry-related
item from a mainstream outlet I spotted today
is harder for me to fathom, because it can’t be
explained by the author simply being a day or
two behind the subject being addressed.

In this case, the eyebrow-raising claim is
about a purported “association” between two

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