ADI National News Story: Homemakers Fight Back with H.A.F.T.A. [Satire]

Introduction: I have no idea what inspired this story, except the continual parade of outraged parent groups who were calling to boycott businesses that didn’t echo their values (cancel culture thirty years in the making?). I thought that it was a nice touch that I made LaToya Jackson into a CBS news co-anchor and that her irritating question was about the speaker’s hair style choices. I’m sure that I was partially inspired by Ms. Jackson 1989 appearance in Playboy Magazine. The news media quickly losing interest in the “story” was also pretty spot on. Enjoy. 2024-03-19.

ADI National News Story: Homemakers Fight Back with H.A.F.T.A. [Satire]

December 1993-January 1994 ADI Vol. 1, Issue 5. Everly, NEB. Following Congressional and FCC hearings on violence and animal nudity on television, a group of suburban housewives protested that they were prevented from speaking at the hearings. Speaking on behalf of Homemakers’ Association for Truth in Advertising (HAFTA) former second-lady, Marilyn Quayle said that it was time for the “Media Elite” to pay attention to the second largest viewing audience between the ages of 34 and 37. Attending the noontime press-conference “CBS Evening News” co- anchor LaToya Jackson asked Quayle if she did her own hair. Ms. Quayle fired back that “it was just this lack of respect” that her group intends to address. Jackson replied that a simple “Yes/No” answer would have sufficed. Quayle then presented a 45-point plan to bring the National Media back to “decency and wholesome values.” Less than three- minutes into Quayle’s 55-minute presentation the reporters from the major networks and cable outlets left the proceedings. [ADI]

Tags: 1990s, air dirt & ink, dysfunctional government, humor, satire