Speculation of a Hollywood actor with HIV reached its zenith today with the naming of Charlie Sheen. The reporting so far has been so crass and ignorant we may as well be back in the mid-1980s. Shop ▾ Did a time machine come and whisk me away? Is it really 1985 again? It sure feels like it, as we wait for Charlie Sheen’s “personal announcement”—reportedly to reveal that he is HIV positive—to Matt Lauer on Tuesday morning’s ‘Today’ program.“Our story—headlined ‘Hollywood Superstar’s Desperate Battle With Aids!’—did not reveal Sheen’s name. Instead, it created a firestorm of speculation over his identity.” Tomorrow On TODAY: @charliesheen talks to @MLauer in a live revealing interview...
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