This week Gizmodo broke the “story” that a child’s toy, Pole Dance Doll is on the market.

Conservative and liberal blogs have been covering the product as if it were indeed for sale at a store near you. One blogger claimed that Mahalo.com sells the doll (Mahalo is a search engine of sorts that doesn’t sell products).

Everyone seems to be drinking the cool-aid without asking: Who is the manufacturer? What stores carry it? And, could it be a hoax? (Any one with a computer and Photoshop can create a mock up of a doll box.)

Yes, while the idea of a stripper doll for girls is abohrent, I’ll reserve voicing concern until I have proof this isn’t a hoax. Anyone have proof that this is for real?