Were Octo-mom's newborns mistreated as actors? Labor commish says maybe

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/06/18/were-octo-moms-newborns-mistreated-as-actors-labor-commish-say/

Gary E. Sattler
Jun 18th 2009 at 11:00AM

"Won't somebody please think of the children?"

Those words, whined facetiously by a religious female character on the TV show "The Simpsons," were taken to heart recently by California's highest ranking labor official -- who might possibly have nothing better to do than make a situation where there probably isn't one.



Utilizing a strict, if not forced, interpretation of California labor law, the office of Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet has issued four initial citations against RadarOnline.com, for its efforts in reporting updates on the lives of Octo-mom Nadya Suleman and her 14 children.

According to statements quoted by LATimes.com, Labor Commissioner Bradstreet feels that she has sufficient reason to believe the octuplets have been, or could be, mistreated as actors.

LATimes.com quotes Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet as stating: "Any time there's a question of a baby being put at risk in the entertainment industry, I think it's incumbent on me as labor commissioner to take my statutory jurisdiction very, very seriously."

RadarOnline has defended its actions utilizing basic journalistic principles. The labor commissioner has made her position by invoking entertainment industry labor laws.

FULL story at link.

[Birthmark]

1. Allow me to translate:

"LATimes.com quotes Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet as stating: 'Any time there's a question of a baby being put at risk in the entertainment industry, I think it's incumbent on me as labor commissioner to take my statutory jurisdiction very, very seriously.'"

Translation: "I want my fifteen minutes, too! I'm important!! Really, I am!"

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. This kind of crap

puts me dangerously close to being on the OctoMom's side, and I don't want to be there.

But someone should just sit on this woman and tell her to go do real work.....................

[Deja Q]

4. Not to defend do-nothing leaches like her or Rush Limbaugh.

but what is "real work"?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

5. I'd have to check her job description ...

I don't have it right here, but I do know that checking her job description isn't in my job description................

[NV Whino]

3. I truly thought Octomom had disappeared.

Sigh.