Is it just me, or is this author an ignorant toad?

Fox "News" article

If you agree, note that at the end of the article there is a place to click to email him.

Secrets are the best friend of the pedophile. Teri Hatcher is a hero!

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[Genevieve]

You know what? I don't know how I feel about it...

Helpful, huh?

Part of me says yes -- abusers survive by "don't tell." EVERYONE who comes forward is a hero.

On the other hand, I also get sick of celebrities telling about their troubles. Why should this be different?

So, I don't know. But I'm glad I only have the two hands...

[wisewoman]

Let's not talk about it, we know it happens to "those" people but it's taboo. Especially putting it in Vanity Fair. We are an ostrich society. Boo to Vanity Fair. Are some things not taboo? ERRRRR

[(JD)]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don't read the tabloids, catch little "hyped" news, and read the newspaper with a cautious perspective.

It was my understanding that this wasn't made public until after the court appearance by Hatcher. With all the media around celebrities, it would have been hard to hide that.

IMO, what she did is quite different from what other celebrities do.

[DocJohn]

Celebrities serve their purpose in society. They have the unique and singular ability to bring the bright spotlight of momentary attention to an issue, and remind people of very important things. Things that many would rather not think or talk about.

Even celebrities who's causes we don't necessarily agree with bring about a discussion, a conversation with others, to figure out whether there's anything to their point of view or such.

So I have to agree that while it may seem tacky or something (I don't think it is at all -- I think it's a perfectly acceptable use of one's fame and recognition), it really isn't when the underlying reason is to try and prevent more such abuse in the future (or convinces one person to go get treatment for an eating disorder or something else that some other celebrity discussed in a magazine).

DocJohn

[SeptemberMorn]

What ticks me off is the way the media presents it. "Teri Hatcher's DEEP, DARK SECRET!" OOOOOOOO, like she's the only one that's ever been molested!!

Yeah, she was brave in coming out with it! No one likes to admit to stuff like that. But like Doc John said, if it helps ONE person or ONE child to realize that it was wrong of the OTHER person and that they CAN get help, then I'm all for it!

[wisewoman]

Again Boo to Vanity Fair.

[SeptemberMorn]

LOL It doesn't matter who carried the story first. You suppose that maybe (I don't know) Vanity Fair is who Teri Hatcher chose to give her story to?

Personally, I don't read magazines of any kind... except, maybe, sometimes "O" and even that one sometimes gets "raggy."

[wisewoman]

I just mean the comentary that she should have stayed quiet about it. Did that not come from vanity fair? Did I boo Boo?

I only read part of the article. I quit when the writer was questioning if she really needed to put the topic through mass media and specifically vanity Fair. Going public myself I know that no matter who does the original story society is going to come out of the woodwork some for the disclosure and media used and some against. I personally have no preference as to what type of media discloses sexual abuse of children. The only way this type of abuse is going to stop for some is doing public exposure.. I was well into my adult years before the child sexual abuse ended. But all failed until I went public. Those that do go public have a specific reason for doing so. some because its their last chance at freedom, others target specific age groups and so on as their area of disclosure. I wouldn't be surprised if this actress had a reason for choosing vanity fair - maybe the reporter was one she knew that would do a more than decent job, maybe someone she knew read vanity fair and was using that as a way to reach out to the person, Maybe the abuser had other survivors out there and this actress knew some of them and knew they read vanity fair.. the point is only that actress know why she chose that media for her disclosure. And regardless of what media she chose (chooses) to use. eventually the mass media would have broke all kinds of stories surrounding her father. Maybe Vanity Fair was the one that had an opening right then so she could break the story on her terms about her own abuse. And again only this actress knows why and when and so on.

As for the reporter commenting on the article - I feel putting someone down just because they are a celeb who is using the mass media for disclosure when millions of non celebs do so is definately in poor taste so to speak. It doesn't matter who what and where. we live in a tme when child sexual abuse IS being disclosed and prosecuted and treated. Some teen ager reading that review most likely is going to think twice about disclosing what they are at the moment experiencing when a celeb is being treated like sh** for her disclosure. Definately in poor taste on the part of the reporter doing the article review.

[SeptemberMorn]

If you read the article that was posted on the original post, it was Fox News that put it out. The reporter was definitely callus! All these people that speak out against issues like this should have it happen to them!! Just like the legislators of all the states that WON'T pass Megan's Law!!

[Lexicon78]

OK, so I'm the oddball again. Or maybe I'm just focusing on what happened, and not the magazine or who wrote the article.

Anyways, I think what Teri Hatcher did was brave. I mean if it weren't for her this guy would still be roaming free, right? It's just a shame that someone's life had to be taken in the process.

[SeptemberMorn]

I don't see you as an oddball at all!! I agree with you 100%!!

nope you are not an oddball. I to agree 100% with Teri Hatcher. It was her abuse she had every right to disclose what happened to her in whatever media SHE chose. Im glad too that she didn't wait for the poparatzi (however you spell that word lol) to dig and make up stories to fit their ratings. Anyone who discloses their abuse is doing the right thing. You are not an oddball. Just because a person stands up for what they believe in does not make them an oddball in my eyes.

i've never, ever been able to understand why a "celebrity" can't have an opinion or a cause. the criticism they take because they stand up for "whatever' really puzzles me. are they not allowed to think and feel? i don't let it affect my thinking. when i make up my mind about an issue, it's my issue. not because some celebrity told me to take it up.

there are celebrities that have come forward with issues as Ms. Hatcher did and i admire all of them for it. if they help one person by telling their "secret"...then hallejuah!! my daughter was totally convinced that she could overcome heroin addiction when she went to an AA meeting in Malibu, California and saw who was there. someone really famous took her under her wing and it made all the difference in the world for her. and the celebrity never acted as if it was because she was "famous". she did it because someone else had done it for her. the meeting was crawling with "celebrities" and some of them had been way down below where my daughter had been. so, in that respect, i know it helped someone because several "famous" people showed up three times a week at an AA meeting. it helped my daughter get a better perspective on where she was and what she could do about it.

a big fat raspberry for FOX NEWS. fair and balanced, eh? xoxo pat