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OMFG, we have a trend: Old media courting controversy to generate buzz. (I said it was a trend, not a fresh approach.) First, Time magazine began sporting provocative covers like the Hillary/Obama mash-up, and the CW’s Gossip Girl returned with racy content and an ad campaign that ran afoul of the Parents Television Council. Now, As the World Turns is getting spanked (metaphorically, of course) by the American Family Association for showing a homosexual kiss between a pair of teenagers.
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