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Sam Newman and Stalin’s Feminist Spetsnaz

As per normal, Sam Newman of The Footy Show has been found guilty of offending the feminists.

In an episode of The Footy Show screened last year, Newman displayed a lingerie wearing mannequin on the show, stating that it was football journalist Caroline Wilson, which he then proceeded to dress.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority investigated the matter and decided it “was likely, in all the circumstances, to have provoked severe ridicule against the journalist on the grounds of gender.”

Seeing the May 8, 2009 story at http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25448090-10229,00.html and being the opinionated bastard I am, I made a …