Laziness, axl rose, hacks, journalismism, page six, public relations, ripoffs, stunts

Where Does Page Six Get Its Sterling Prose?

Here's the lead to Page Six's item today about Dr. Pepper's Guns N' Roses PR stunt: "TIRED of a world in which Americans idolize wannabe singers, and where musicals about high school students pass as rock 'n' roll, Dr Pepper is begging Axl Rose to finally release this year his 17-years-in-the-making album, "Chinese Democracy." Such powerful language! Now here's the lead to the press release announcing the same event:

Tired of a world in which Americans idolize wannabe singers and musicals about high schoolers pass as rock 'n roll music, Dr Pepper is encouraging (ok, begging) Axl Rose to finally release his 17-year-in-the-making belabored masterpiece, Chinese Democracy, in 2008.

Awesome work.

6:24 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
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jackvinyl at 06:33 PM on 03/26/08
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I used to drink a Pepper but a Pepper wouldn't do
So the Pepper got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little Pepper
Said a little better than before

We been dancin' with Dr. Pepper
He's been knockin'
He won't leave me alone
No, no, no, he won't leave me alone
Typo Positive at 06:38 PM on 03/26/08
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Mr. Pibb says: "Axl Rose? That dude's still alive?"
machupicchu at 06:38 PM on 03/26/08
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Tired of a world in which people have no idea how to construct a proper sentence and keep using commas over and over again without editing, and anyway I really loved that movie, Rock'n'Roll High School, in 1979.
Conbon at 06:45 PM on 03/26/08
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People have made jokes about China being a democracy before this album comes out, yes?
disslexic at 06:48 PM on 03/26/08
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I assume Richard Johnson et al. will be making a large contribution to The Committee to Protect Journalists from Having to Work.
In Other News... at 06:57 PM on 03/26/08
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"Verb?" "Ate 'em!"
belltolls at 07:00 PM on 03/26/08
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They decided to be lazy together. Dr. Pepper throws up two blogger sites that link to each other and one them is the Post story "confirming" the existence of the blog. The other is the press release which as you pointed out is Post story. The blogs have one post and two posts respectively. That's it.
MoeGolden at 07:21 PM on 03/26/08
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GnFnR once meant something so great. If there's even a hint of that left on this album, I'll welcome it.
famousauthor at 07:25 PM on 03/26/08
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The date is suspiciously close to the Chinese Olympics.
Hipp at 07:34 PM on 03/26/08
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Chinese democracy will be on CNN long before it's in Virgin.
kingsquiddish at 07:42 PM on 03/26/08
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Mark Walhberg looks terrible! Where did they get that picture of him?
Rosewater at 08:08 PM on 03/26/08
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I think it's time to change the name of the album to hairplugs and surgery.
Kellimanjaro at 08:27 PM on 03/26/08
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I simply don't get the cornrows, which he's been sportin' for years now. Does he live at Club Med Turks & Caicos? (For what it's worth though, I also don't get Bret Michaels' bandana-with-3/4 fall hairpiece.)
uncle_wiggly at 08:47 PM on 03/26/08
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Why is there a photograph of Ned Beatty with this story?
FitnessMadeSimple at 09:20 PM on 03/26/08
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Tomorrow's Page Six will announce that Axl Rose is begging Dr. Pepper to finally tell people what the fuck is in Dr. Pepper that makes it taste so...Dr. Peppery.
MrInBetween at 09:22 PM on 03/26/08
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The answer to the question posed in the headline: From the bathroom stall graffiti at Elaine's.
ZiggyStardust at 10:14 PM on 03/26/08
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Somewhere -- likely on the unemployment line -- the PageSix.com writers get a hearty chuckle out of this.
foolinthepool at 11:02 PM on 03/26/08
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It's Dr Pepper, not Dr. Pepper.
jennaddenda at 12:11 PM on 03/27/08
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@kingsquiddish: Dude. That's some cold November rain, right there.

But... right? Totally.