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• Caroline Baum is a columnist for Bloomberg News Service who, during an appearance on Fox and Friends on September 18, 2008, said that Sarah Palin's "tits" would not get women to vote for her. Baum's comments caused one of the show's anchors to walk off the set and elicited laughter from Baum and the crew.NewsBusters: Bloomberg Columnist Explains PDS, Uses Vulgarity (September 18, 2008)

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  1. Employer: BloombergNewsBusters: Bloomberg Columnist Explains PDS, Uses Vulgarity (September 18, 2008)
  2. Baum referred to Sarah Palin's breasts on televisionNewsBusters: Bloomberg Columnist Explains PDS, Uses Vulgarity (September 18, 2008)
  3. Interview by two Fox News anchors on Fox and FriendsNewsBusters: Bloomberg Columnist Explains PDS, Uses Vulgarity (September 18, 2008)
  4. Baum made cupping motion with hands while mentioning Palin.NewsBusters: Bloomberg Columnist Explains PDS, Uses Vulgarity (September 18, 2008)

• Quotes

  When asked about Palin's potential for drawing would-be Hillary Rodham Clinton voters, Baum said "the pro-choice versus not seems to be a much bigger issue than, you know, she has tits versus she, you know, has another body part that men have."NewsBusters: Bloomberg Columnist Explains PDS, Uses Vulgarity (September 18, 2008)

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