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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Can Watching TV Cause Chlamydia?

Hank: Sometimes a critic can be wrong without even typing a word. Take "Jersey Shore," for example.

When this guido/guidette group-house reality show debuted on MTV last December, my schedule was full and my eyes were tired and the show gave off a stench of Axe all-over body spray that was just too strong. The idea seemed redundant after decades of well-documented Spring Break and "Real World" debaucheries that came before, and watching a few minutes of that first "Jersey Shore" episode, I wondered if watching a TV show could actually cause chlamydia.

So that's how Snooki snuck by me.

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