Freud Strikes Again
Mood:  incredulous
So last night on Fox News Watch, host Eric Burns was reading viewer letters to his guests and audience and made a comment that forced me to do a double take. One man had sent a letter pasted with pictures of the guests: Jim Pinkerton, Cal Thomas, Neal Gabler, and Jane Hall. Oddly, there were three large pictures of Jane Hall and one small picture of each of the men. The writer said this was because Hall was "The Halle Berry for the 45-and-older set."

Everyone laughed, and in the background one of the men (I think it was Thomas) mock-whined about how small his picture was. Burns said, as the camera turned to focus on him, "You don't even have a set!"

Um, what?

Did he just say that?

It wasn't just me. Both my parents were watching and had the same initial response: Eric Burns just told Jane Hall she wasn't "well-endowed" enough to be the Halle Berry for the over-45 crowd. Astonishing. I know it's Fox, but this is ridiculous.

Thank the powers that be for Tivo. After watching it about five times, we concluded that Burns (a) was actually talking to the male guest, not Jane, and (b) he meant "set" in the sense of "45-and-older set." But jeez. It was pretty ambiguous.

-T.