Sometimes, "Dr" Is Just a Title

I get up early, usually around 515 or 530.  I often turn on Primer Impacto because the women who do the news wear some of the best dresses on television.  I've seen some trans-stories on the show, but, alal, I don't understand a word of it.  (Sometimes, someone says "OK".  I understand that.)

At 530 I switch to CNN if I have nothing else to watch and I catch a little news until 6, when I switch to the headline news show.  I don't know why.  They have 30 minutes to give all the top news and they mostly have fluff ("this family came home to find a deer in their swimming pool!").

If I do have something to watch, I skip CNN and turn to headline news so when my show is over I'll be catching what passes for cable news.  Last Friday, I had the previous night's Daily Show and Colbert ready so I changed channels and saw Dr Drew talking with someone who made my t-dar alarm go off.

Nina Arsenault

It turns out her name was Nina Arsenault (google her ~ there's a lot of stuff on the internet).  She's a post-op wearer-of-many-hats: writer, actress, and more.  The Story Of The Year: a convicted murderer in Massachusetts was allowed by a judge to get gender reassignment surgery at taxpayer expense.  CNN put up a few minutes of the half-hour show, along with a couple of paragraphs.  They don't do this train wreck of a show justice.  Ms Arsenault was literate, calm, and persuasive.  Pamela Geller, who they listed as a "conservative commentator" was an embarrassment ~ no matter what side of the debate you're on.  She speaks with the certainty of the ignorant and goes off on tangents that have nothing to with with this case, and a lot to do with transphobia.

The text and host are worse: they give the woman's name as "Michelle" ~ yes, they put quotes around it.  At one point Dr Drew says "he, she...  I get confused about these things."  And the headline refers to the "sex change surgery."

Dr Drew ~ if you "get confused by these things" then don't tackle them.  You're setting back out cause twenty years.

And I hope this is the last derivative piece I have for a while.  But it is a good sign that we're out there in the media.

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