So … referring to hot Asian girls as your "Asian Persuasions" is a no-go, right? We learned that lesson, oh, we don't know, when we were four. Martin Bashir did not. While speaking at the Asian American Journalists Association — an organization composed of Asian people — the 20/20 host exclaimed that he was "happy to be in the midst of so many Asian babes" before, unprovoked, describing what makes a perfect speech: It should be "like a dress on a beautiful woman — long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep your interest — like my colleague Juju’s." This attempt at witty banter did not go over well. Some members in the audience booed. Brass at ABC News got wind of July 25 remarks, and David Westin probably demanded backtracking. Indeed, a spokesperson for the network said, "This kind of remark has no place in any setting, and Martin knows that." Indeed — Bashir himself apologized: "Upon reflection, it was a tasteless remark that I now bitterly regret," referring to his speech as a "moment of stupidity." Much like Bashir's interview with Michael Jackson.

Between stalking Eliot Spitzer at his apartment building and debating whether the media can use Ashley Alexandra Dupre's photos without permission, we've lost sight of one of the most important facets of the scandal: Diane Sawyer got a green light to talk about prostitutes on network TV.

The ABC anchor had been hoping to air her special on paid sex, but the network refused to give her the go ahead for Prostitution in America: Working Girls Speak, about Dennis Hof's Bunny Ranch whorehouse in Nevada.

No longer: Call girls are suddenly relevant again!

With an air date set for Friday's 20/20, Sawyer's project is a go. All it took was the resignation of a governor — Heidi Fleiss and Deborah "D.C. Madame" Palfrey, alas, just weren't enough.

Tonight on 20/20, John Stossel's mustache investigates Dateline's "To Catch a Predator." Now the only decision is whether Chris Hansen will be watching from the flat screen in the media room or the small console in the kitchen.

What was once a huge franchise success for NBC's Dateline has quickly snowballed into a PR lynching. "To Catch a Predator" – where hunting for Internet pedophiles becomes a family board game hosted by Chris Hansen – has been churning out new episodes (and sickos) like The Hills does melodrama.

But the show, for all the public awareness it's drumming up, already cost one life (and hooked the network a $100 million wrongful death suit), accusations of severe journalistic ethics breaches, a 3-month-long Esquire investigation (with a coverline suggesting NBC cancel the show), and now: an inquiry from ABC's 20/20, which is said to be sniffing around TCAP with "ambush interviews," as TVNewser relays.

NBC, for what it's worth, remains "proud" of the show and says it doesn't plan on changing the format. Though might we suggest a co-host? CNBC's Erin Burnett has total crossover appeal.