“It’s easy to slip into gloating mode, now that cable channel TLC has finally canceled a show so many of us critics have hated for so long: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
Unfortunately, the cancellation comes following a horrifying moment: Gossip site TMZ reported Thursday that June “Mama June” Shannon, the mother of child beauty pageant contestant Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, has resumed dating an old boyfriend who was convicted of molesting an 8-year-old related to Shannon.
Shannon has denied the allegations, saying in a video on her Facebook page that “I have not seen that person in 10 years.” But TMZ posted a photo it says depicts Shannon and the man, 53-year-old Mark McDaniel, recently hanging out with friends in a hotel room.” *
Jimmy Dore (http://www.twitter.com/jimmy_dore), Brian Unger (http://www.twitter.com/IamBrianUnger) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) break it down on The Young Turks.
*Read more here from http://www.npr.org/2014/10/24/358567472/tlcs-honey-boo-boo-cancellation-shows-dangers-of-exploitative-tv
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Airport Fight, Honey Boo Boo, Online Dating & Turkish Woman Arrested – The Young Turks 10/27/2014 Social Commentary
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTpcK80irdQjCYWYxKlWa8R6aBDB4rWWt