THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:
NBC Launches ‘To Catch a Senator’
Chris Hansen to Stake Out Airport Bathrooms“Dateline,†the NBC newsmagazine which has scored big ratings for its “To Catch a Predator†investigations, announced today that it would introduce a new investigative series this fall, entitled “To Catch a Senator.â€
At a press conference in New York, NBC News president Steve Capus said that “To Catch a Senator†would focus the “Dateline†investigation team’s energies on “the number one menace in America today: pervy Republican senators.â€
While he indicated that plans for the program are still being developed, Mr. Capus said that “To Catch a Senator†would use an airport bathroom as the nerve center for its sting operation.
Specifically, he said that the program would deploy “Predator†host Chris Hansen as a decoy to lure depraved senators into lewd contact.
“Chris will be waiting in one of the bathroom stalls, and when the senator taps on the wall, Chris will kind of pop out of the stall and start grilling him,†Mr. Capus said. “We’ll nail that bastard faster than he can say ‘I’m not gay.’â€
But even as NBC trumpeted its latest “Dateline†spin-off, industry insiders wondered whether there would be an adequate supply of sex-crazed senators to keep the program going for more than a few episodes.
For his part, Mr. Capus brushed off such concerns, telling reporters, “As long as there are Republican senators out there who oppose gay marriage, there will always be plenty of pervs.â€
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.