High School Newspaper Runs Profile On Porn Worker
SMERCONISH: A California high school newspaper ran into some controversy this week with a profile of one of its students. Seems relatively uneventful, right? But this was the article in "The Bruin Voice," a profile of an 18-year-old senior at Bear Creek High School who began a career in the adult entertainment industry. The profile explores Caitlin Fink's successes. She sells erotic photos on Tinder and other apps, once earning $475 in three hours. She now is a verified member on Pornhub and signed a contract to make professional videos, but it also explores the harder parts of her job, the scars on her arm from mandatory STD testing every two weeks, a company canceling a shoot because of her body acne and threats that she's received. Before the article's publication, the superintendent of the district demanded the profile be held until the district could review it and see if it violated election -- education codes. Not election. The district told newspaper teacher Kathi Duffel that if she failed to comply, she could face discipline including dismissal. Duffel refused and acquired an outside counsel who determined the article did not violate any education codes writing, "There is no basis for censoring the article or for seeking any review beyond that already conducted by Ms. Kirkeby, her fellow student editors, Ms. Duffel and me. We hope you and the entire Bear Creek High School community enjoy reading it when it comes out on Friday." And on Friday it did come out. Up ahead, the economy couldn't be better. The unemployment rate fell to the lowest level since 1969. Hourly wages were up. Will the economy carry the president to victory in 2020? And with over 20 candidates running for president on the Democratic side, we'll have more on how some are already preparing for a contested convention and who they're courting to win the nomination. And is the way that pro gambler James Holzhauer been tearing up records on "Jeopardy" of quick buzzer and high stakes bets actually ruining the show?