Sed came home today all worked up about something she'd heard on the news. It's reached critical mass in the media and on Thee Inter-Nets, I suppose, and the sheer ignorance of the punditry and palaver speculating on future events has worn her through to the point of befrayment.

"Why don't these people know anything?" she raged. "Jamie Lynn Spears is on Nickelodeon, not the Disney Channel!"

Apparently, in the wake of this whole teen star pregnancy hurly-burly, the question on everyone's lips is what step Disney will take to re-establish its network as a wholesome, clean-cut outlet for family-friendly programming, all the while totally disregarding the fact that both shows the lesser Spears has starred on (All That and Zoey 101) have appeared on children's television's elder statesman. Even if you're not a stickler for detail, you'll see the contradiction.

The sole link Disney has with Jamie Lynn is through Big Sis. (Well, that and one episode of a reality show called "Switched!" that aired on ABC Family in 2003.) Amusingly, the Mouse is taking more flak for the actions of a teenager not on its lineup than Britney's schoolgirl sexualizing, lip-synching, commando-going, head-shaving, back-to-back unwed pregnancies, and beating the crap out of a Ford Explorer with an umbrella ever did.

Nick's gonna come out unscathed, though. Even if Disney weren't taking the brunt of the fallout, Big Orange is better equipped to deal with scandal -- or anything unpleasant that might actually happen in real life. They've had Nick News for years, exposing the channel's (admittedly late-night) viewers to issues like drug abuse, homelessness, politics, and the host's battle with breast cancer. Sexuality might be uncomfortable, but certainly not totally out of bounds.

Parents, this is why it's important to watch TV with your kids -- so you don't look like a moron opining about issues regarding their shows.