• Pirates

    Last Cool Thing Ruined By PR

    By Hamilton Nolan, 11:31 AM on Tue Sep 30 2008, 4,402 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

    The Times gets the first-hand scoop this morning from the embattled pirates surrounded by warships off the coast of Somalia—because they have a spokesman. "Several pirates talked, but they said that only Mr. Sugule was authorized to be quoted." Good lord, journalism is finished. [NYT]

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