My, such irony here

When it comes to cable TV news, hypocrisy knows no bounds and irony is often laid on so think you can cut it with a knife.

That happened this week with an MSNBC followup to a Today Show story about teens and "sexting," the fad of sending out photos of nudes or teenagers engaged in sex acts to cell phones and over the Internet.

Teens caught with such photos are often charged with trafficking in child pornography and face conviction and listing on public databases as a sex offender.

In Vermont, some legislators are trying to change the laws of that state to make "texting" a crime that does not carry the stigma of being a sex offender.

For Vermont's side, State Sen. John Campbell appeared on MSNBC to discuss the legislative efforts.

For the other side, MSNBC gave us Donna Rice Hughes, an "internet safety expert" who works for the activist organization "Enough is Enough."

Donna Rice Hughes? Yep. Before she was married, she was Donna Rice, Washington party girl and the overnight guest who brought down the Presidential ambitions of Colorado Sen. Gary Hart.

OK. So she's a reformed party girl who has seen the error of her ways.

On MSNBC, Hughes said:

"What these teenagers need to do is think befroe they allow a picture to be taken that they will regret for the rest of their lives."

Donna Rice should know about the dangers of photos you shouldn't pose for.

She didn't send out any nude photos of herself but she did sit seductively on the lap of Sen. Hart during a weekend tryst aboard a boat called "The Monkey Business."

Later, she tried to cash in on her 15-minutes of fame by signing on as a model for Guess Jeans.  The campaign flopped and her modeling career ended almost before it began.

Now's she's an advocate for "internet safety" as President and Chairman of "Enough is Enough," which lists its primary mission as "making the internet safe for children and families."

Hart's wife divorced him over his philandering. Guess Donna Rice didn't make the Hart household "safe for children and families."

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