Alt weekly busted for running escort service ads

I guess reading the whole article isn't necessary before crying foul on this board. If I recall correctly, female undercover agents posed as prostitutes and explicitly told those arrested that the ads were to promote illicit activities.

There is no problem running escort ad, but when a publication knows that the ad is abetting an illegal enterprise, then they should have to face the charges.

 

a major paper in the state of washington runs ads that nearly made me blush ... and that takes quite a bit.

 

Two paragraphs that stand out to me in the story:

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So how are we going to find dates the next time we're in Orlando?

 

You'll be fine. Just don't be fucking goofy.

 

You kiddin'? His approach is totally Mickey Mouse, with lines so out of place they seem to come all the way from Pluto.

 

If you're not careful, you could end up with a Chippendale.

 

Welcome to Orlando. They crack down brutally on anything that might dampen the city's family-friendly, Disney-centric image. You likely won't see action like this is many other big cities, which have other, more important things to worry about. But in O-town, keeping the place clean for mom, dad and 2.2 kids is a top priority.

 

I guess the account executives regarded it as a professional courtesy.

 

Huh? Have you ever been on Orange Blossom Trail? Strip clubs and bars aplenty. Looking for what you describe? Go to Kissimmee.

 

Dam they don't have much to do in Orlando do they???? If this happend in Los Angeles they would shut down two newspapers...

Los Angeles Weekly (Has what 40 pages of those ads in the back...Then the rest are music, porn and plastic surgery.
Los Angelex XPress(Dedicated to the ads like want fun call xxxx legal and ready, no agency will do anything.

 

If you've ever been inside a strip club in Orlando, you know they keep the women pretty well covered up. It's the Afghanistan of adult entertainment. Of course, that's just what a friend told me.