It's been awhile since we've tackled the column of Los Angeles Times opinionist Joel Stein. But when the pop culture talking head turned columnist contemplates the media, and throws in kiddie porn analysis to boot, we are so there.

(Ok, fine, we're three days late, but we're there now.) This week, Stein responds to the Federal Communications Commission fine of $3.6 million, which they slapped on CBS for airing an episode of "Without A Trace" which showed teens getting it on orgy style.

Stein "immediately became interested in seeing the show," and got CBS to send him the DVD copy from Dec. 31, 2004. He then "immediately put it on." (Is it just us, or does he seem just a tad over anxious to check out this underage romp?)

And even though the moral of the "Without a Trace" episode was that kids shouldn't get involved in teen sex orgies or someone will get murdered by the local sheriff, the slick-looking Jerry Bruckheimer production made the shockingly long, 56-second sex scene look awesome, all blue-lighted and threesome-filled and zit-free. Snoop doesn't have these kinds of parties. Nothing like this would ever happen to teenagers even if they were attending Hugh Hefner High. There's even foreplay. You're really bending the believability of your story in order to titillate when you pretend boys in high school engage in foreplay.

Stein does eventually conclude that despite its awesomeness, "sexualizing children is creepy." And we conclude that Joel probably didn't get laid that often in high school.

A fine mess at the FCC [Joel Stein, Los Angeles Times]

Earlier: Joel Stein's incendiary Op-Ed