Report Questions ‘Dear Abby’s’ Views on Sex

The Media Research Center’s Culture and Media Institute has complained that Jeanne Phillips, aka “Dear Abby,” is offering bad advice to readers about sex. The conservative media watchdog issued a 21-page report Tuesday called “Down a Dark Abby,” which details how her columns treat such issues as premarital sex, homosexuality and teen sex. “Millions of […]

The Media Research Center’s Culture and Media Institute has complained that Jeanne Phillips, aka “Dear Abby,” is offering bad advice to readers about sex. The conservative media watchdog issued a 21-page report Tuesday called “Down a Dark Abby,” which details how her columns treat such issues as premarital sex, homosexuality and teen sex.

“Millions of young men and women are forming their views on sex and relationships under the influence of a libertine advice columnist who is advancing anything but traditional values,” the executive summary reads.

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