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     COMMENTS: Illiteracy, Poverty, Rape, Incest, Abuse

CBS anchor Katie Couric tried to end the week on an inspirational note. Her American Spirit profile introduced us to Gabourey Sidibe, the rookie actress who is the star of the newly-released movie Precious. Unfortunately the movie's storyline only reinforced the day's gloomy mood: "Being illiterate is only part of her story. Precious is poor, pregnant for the second time by her father and emotionally abused by her mother."

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