{"id":3775,"date":"2011-12-10T07:51:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T11:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2011-12-10T07:53:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T11:53:38","slug":"yummy-eye-candy-or-why-i-love-the-uk-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/12\/10\/yummy-eye-candy-or-why-i-love-the-uk-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Yummy Eye Candy &#8230; Or Why I Love The UK Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tale of two links, and how cultures are so drastically different between the US and UK (at least when it comes to the press).  Let\u2019s face it; Americans are prudes when it comes to nudity.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Link 1 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2011\/12\/09\/kate-moss-poses-nude-for-ex-in-pirelli-2012-calendar\/\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2011\/12\/09\/kate-moss-poses-nude-for-ex-in-pirelli-2012-calendar\/', 'FOX News');\" target=\"_blank\">FOX News<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Line 2 \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/showbiz\/bizarre\/3985969\/Kate-Moss-strips-br-off-for-old-flame.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/showbiz\/bizarre\/3985969\/Kate-Moss-strips-br-off-for-old-flame.html', 'The Sun');\" target=\"_blank\">The Sun<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think I will ever understand why it is OK to show graphical depictions of violent acts (i.e. dead soldiers, bodies from natural disasters, etc.), but we go all numb nuts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=tits\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=tits', 'over a pair');\" target=\"_blank\">over a pair<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/titty\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/titty', 'tits');\" target=\"_blank\">tits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lucky for me outlets such as <em>The Sun<\/em> post delicious Pirelli eye candy goodness without any squeamishness.  God made beautiful women to be admired, not censored.<\/p>\n<p>Do I want my boys ogling Kate?  Of course not.  It\u2019s called responsible parenting.  And it has nothing to do with being a prude.  If they are clicking on these links, dad will find out \u2026 just saying.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tale of two links, and how cultures are so drastically different between the US and UK (at least when it comes to the press). Let\u2019s face it; Americans are prudes when it comes to nudity. Case in point: Link 1 \u2013 FOX News Line 2 \u2013 The Sun \u00a0 I don\u2019t think I will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2011\/12\/10\/yummy-eye-candy-or-why-i-love-the-uk-press\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yummy Eye Candy &#8230; Or Why I Love The UK Press<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-3775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-eye-candy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3775"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3777,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3775\/revisions\/3777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}