It’s always interesting to see what mainstream media says and thinks about the adult industry. There was a pretty big brouhaha over Jenna Jameson’s appearance on Oprah – whether she looked too thin (and all the accompanying gossip), whether she looked upset when writer VioletBlue was invited to be part of the show via satellite (did Jenna know she was sharing the show with someone? Did she feel upstaged?), whether that house was even hers (as opposed to a rental location) … people inside and out of the industry always seem to have opinions and assumptions about the adult industry.

The CNBC “documentary” last year was no different. The documentary tried to show the industry but fell flat on so many different levels; it advertised itself as a documentary entitled “Porn: Business of Pleasure” and that “nothing is off limits”, but in reality only showcased a biased view of what happens on adult shoots. It was a view of the industry from an outsider that only touched on marketing and technology but instead spent the majority of airtime following pornstars around on shoots as well as a fluff piece about going back to Jesse Jane’s hometown. I suppose the “documentary” was trying to show middle America that “pornstars are regular people,” but I think it could have been done better by also including webmasters and studio personnel other than execs.

Every once in a while, though, you come across a show that seems to be less judgmental about how the industry is – at least online. The following Tech In Twenty podcast is the reason why I agreed to go on their show – it’s smart, savvy, doesn’t throw a bunch of assumptions around disguised as fact, and concentrates on exactly what they SAY they’re going to discuss. It’s nice to hear a show that doesn’t talk about the obvious about the industry (OMG, there are naked guys and girls in porn?!?!? LOL) and instead talks about the INDUSTRY.