Few of you know Luke Ford as well as I know him. Few of you have known him as long as I've known him. And few of you truly understand his motivations the way I believe I understand them.

With that said, let me share with you my thoughts on Luke Ford's, aka Duke Floored's (his pseudonym at AdultBeat.com) sudden zeal as a reporter (sic) working the XXX Beat.

First, let me preface my opinions by informing you that I've known Luke since almost the first day he began writing about this business. I co-hosted an internet radio show with him. I've traveled to conventions with him, and I've interacted with him more often than the average porner. And since Ford's first day in XXX he has nearly always--NEARLY ALWAYS--taken great delight in posting stories that are critical... make that stories that SLAM this business and its people.

You might ask, "If you knew that, JimmyD, why did you hang out so much with this asshole?"

I can only answer by saying that, for a time, he served a purpose. And when he ceased to be of any use, I cut off communications with him.

Anyway, It's no coincidence that there are so few sets, so few companies, and so few people in this industry who welcome Ford amongst them.

Right now, I'm of the opinion that Ford is taking immense delight in the current HIV crisis. And if you've been reading his site, AdultBeat.com, you don't need to be a media critic to see the bias that exists in most everything he posts and/or reports.

So let me say this: Anyone who supports AdultBeat.com is supporting a site that does NOT hold the better interests of this industry and its people in any esteem. In fact, you're supporting a site that--through Ford's yellow journalism--is about as adult industry-friendly as your average Department of Justice attorney.

And don't just take my word for it. Consider the overwhleming majority of most everything Ford currently, and has ever, written about this industry.

Once you do that, I think you'll agree that AdultBeat.com is no friend to XXX, nor should you consider it a source for anything that resembles impartial reporting.

Luke Ford the Matt Drudge of Porn? I don't think so. How about Luke Ford the Rush Limbaugh of Porn... maybe.

Don't be a Luke Ford enabler!



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