Wednesday, March 5, 2003

Irony defined: I took a moment to look through journalist and humorist Billy Murphy's website, ebilly.net. Mr. Murphy appeared on CNN twice, as his website illustrates, on CNN, once on Talkback Live and once on a Millennium Special.

[On] the CNN Talkback, Murphy appears to be discussing the issue of "Is the classroom bully a danger to your child?" On the Millennium Special, Murphy appears with a panel discussing gender relationships.

The irony here becomes sadly painful when we hear of Mr. Murphy's arrest [Feb. 26] on pornography charges which are related to his alleged Internet-based communications with a 13-year-old [girl].

Mr. Murphy's hypocrisy is cemented when one looks at his background as a writer on family and religious issues as well as being a former youth minister.

Jason G. Grimes

Peachtree City