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The Latest In Pole Dancing News

By Brian Montopoli

February 23, 2007 / 10:03 AM EST / CBS News

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We started yesterday with the kind of story that makes one lament the state of journalism, and we thought we'd do it again today. A Pittsburg reporter did a story last week on pole dancing as a new exercise craze. And that's not even the part that has Rob Owen worked up:

"The report is easily defensible as a feature on a new fad, right up until the point that Frey takes to the pole herself," he writes. "Then it crosses the line into pandering – 'Check out our saucy morning news anchor as she gyrates for your viewing pleasure!'"

I would call that something other than "pandering," but I'll leave it to you.