{"id":1291,"date":"2003-06-17T04:16:34","date_gmt":"2003-06-17T18:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/17\/mtv-vj-pvt-jessica-lynch\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:35:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:35:46","slug":"mtv-vj-pvt-jessica-lynch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/17\/mtv-vj-pvt-jessica-lynch\/","title":{"rendered":"MTV VJ Pvt. Jessica Lynch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14430,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/2003\\\/06\\\/16\\\/business\\\/media\\\/16CBS.html?pagewanted=print&amp;position=&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14431,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.thismodernworld.com\\\/weblog\\\/mtarchives\\\/week_2003_06_15.html#000777&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20130112213916\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.thismodernworld.com\\\/weblog\\\/mtarchives\\\/week_2003_06_15.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-12 22:37:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 07:33:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 07:33:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>This is just disgusting &#8212; the New York Times has an article exposing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/06\/16\/business\/media\/16CBS.html?pagewanted=print&amp;position=\" title=\"To Interview Former P.O.W., CBS Dangles Stardom\">CBS&#8217; attempt to buy Pvt. Lynch<\/a> through TV movies, books&#8230;and an MTV special event concert.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  MTV Networks, the letter went on, was offering a news special, a chance for Private Lynch and her friends to be the co-hosts of an hourlong music video program on MTV2, and even a special edition of its hit program &#8220;Total Request Live&#8221; in her honor. &#8220;This special would include a concert performance in Palestine, West Va., by a current star act such as Ashanti, and perhaps Ja Rule,&#8221; the proposal said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thismodernworld.com\/weblog\/mtarchives\/week_2003_06_15.html#000777\" title=\"Pvt. Jessica Lynch to be named next 'American Idol' winner!\">Bob Harris<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just disgusting &mdash; the New York Times has an article exposing CBS&#8217; attempt to buy Pvt. Lynch through TV movies, books&hellip;and an MTV special event concert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2042],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}