Sarah Palin: Media, Its Subjects, and Viewers Are All Jerks
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Sarah Palin: Media, Its Subjects, and Viewers Are All Jerks

Mean British Bully Toby Young Is Overwrought and Underseasoned
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Mean British Bully Toby Young Is Overwrought and Underseasoned

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The Real World: Brooklyn's Freak Show for 'Straight' Boys

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    • Monsters

      British Montauk Monster Washes Ashore

      PreviewScreenSnapz003.jpg The residents of North Devon, England don't know what to make of the fanged creature found on a local beach. Seal? Sea lion? BEAST OF EXMOOR, PERHAPS? More »
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      By Ryan Tate

      Comment by girlhowdy: Whoo-hoo! I live in North Devon, just a few miles from Croyde, in fact. Seems we only make the national... 1 Responses | Other threads

    • Yesterday - January 8, 2009
    • rumormonger 2294614.jpg

      Jann Wenner Firing People At Drop of a Hat

      Can Wenner Media go three weeks without another spurt of layoffs? Probably not, judging by its recent history. The latest seemingly whimsical cuts came earlier today. More »
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      By Ryan Tate

      Comment by pssshwhatever: Is Anna Wintour SMILING in that photo??? Horrific. 2 Responses | Other threads

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      The Rise of Authoritarian Media

      A Russian oligarch and former KGB agent is trying to buy London's Evening Standard. The paper is just the latest traditional journalism institution to cozy up to autocracy. Take CNN. More »
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      By Ryan Tate

      Comment by Smitros: Rupert Murdoch mastered this thinking first. "Chinese" wall indeed. more » | Other threads

    • Perks

      Google Launches "School of Spiritual Growth"

      How soul-draining it must be to work at the world's best company! Hence the introduction of Google's School of Spiritual Growth, an arm of the search engine's in-house university. More »
      08:15 PM
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by TedSez: I tried searching for inner peace, but I came up with 4 million responses and none was the one I 3 Responses | Other threads

    • blogodrama

      Liberal Blogosphere Proves Trivially Easy to Destroy

      Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one. After hackers took down SoapBlox, a one-man blog-hosting company which runs local political websites, a silenced liberal commentariat found out how true that was. More »
      07:51 PM
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by mommy_dearest: I would say that most people who use services to host websites and blogs just don't know what to research 1 Responses | Other threads

    • Blagosphere

      Blago Lawyer Won't Pick Up the Phone

      Sam Adam Jr., a former defense lawyer for R. Kelly, is now working for Rod Blagojevich, the embattled Illinois governor. What's his advice for his wiretapped client? Don't pick up the phone! More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by kitkatsplash: This story is missing the first half of the second paragraph and, yet, people are commenting on the story. ... 2 Responses | Other threads

    • Dumbphones

      Palm Copies Apple's Ego Trip

      No Silicon Valley company is more arrogant than Apple. But Palm, the smartphone maker, is trying to copy Steve Jobs's knack for hubris — as well as everything else about its rival. More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by PeterRRRR: Palm's new whatever might actually be interesting, exciting, revolutionary, but there's one small problem -- You can't actually buy one! 2 Responses | Other threads

    • Recessionomics

      The Seedy Future of Gadget Porn

      Attendance at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, the annual gadgetfest in Las Vegas, is down 25 percent from 2007, with 130,000 expected to attend. Are we just not that into tech toys anymore? More »
      06:27 PM
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by WackoJacko: More importantly, why has Julia Allison not been tied in? [julia.nonsociety.com] SHE'S THERE! TAKING LOTSA PRETTY PITCHERS! C'MON GAWKER, DO YOUR JOB!... 4 Responses | Other threads

    • Beautiful awards

      We Will Now Predict the Oscar Nominations

      All the major movie awards nominations, with the exception of those for the Oscars, have been announced. So we can make a pretty good guess about what will get nods come January 22nd. More »
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      By Richard

      Comment by CaptainFantastic: I just watched The Dark Knight on DVD. Two and a half hours for a goddamn Batman movie! I stopped 9 Responses | Other threads

    • sue decker

      Yahoo's Depressing Backup Plan


      No one wants to buy Yahoo. And the only person who wants to run Yahoo is an insider who helped sink it. Is there any hope left for the beleaguered Web giant? More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by Beautiful Stranger: Yahoo's impending demise raises an interesting issue which I am sure will delight us all (or at least those of 6 Responses | Other threads

    • Media

      Conde Editors Get Their Precious Domain Names Back

      Last month Cityfile unveiled, oh, a hundred or so domain names of famous New Yorkers' names that it had bought, just because it could. Conde Nast immediately marshaled its team of high-powered attorney warriors! More »
      05:07 PM
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by seyswho: I don't understand this. You don't have exclusive rights to a website just because it has your name in the... 4 Responses | Other threads

    • Gossip

      The City's Secretly Trashy Nevan Tried to Swap Drugs for a Blow Job

      We learned this morning that Nevan Donahue, from MTV's reality tinkle The City, had a warrant out for an old prostitution charge. Now we know all the white trash details! How will Olivia Palermo live this down? More »
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      By Richard

      Comment by Beautiful Stranger: how do we know the police officer was female?... 13 Responses | Other threads

    • rumormonger

      Did Someone Send This MTV Exec a Box of Poop?

      Joe Cuello is MTV's VP of "Creative Music Integration." He chooses what music goes into their fine reality shows. He "Makes The Hills Rock"(!). Why would someone send the nice man a box of poop? More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by Hydroceph: Sad but true story: back when i still had a rowing coach (when i could still play well with others),... 8 Responses | Other threads

    • Facebook

      Destroy Friends, Earn Fast Food

      Burger King, for no good reason, has America's edgiest advertising. And it just got edgier. Now you can make it known publicly that someone's "friendship" is less valuable to you than 1/10th of a sandwich. More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by seyswho: So wait, the fatties will have no friends? Nothing's really changed.... 7 Responses | Other threads

    • Jalopnik

      Hachette-Appointed Interim Editor John Owens' Leaked Car & Driver Editor's Column

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    • Media Crack

      Media Death, Departures, and Disrespect


      Your daily media column is here. Today, the Great Magazine Die-Off continues, your annual "Gawker sucks now" story, Les Payne's pain, and more! More »
      03:21 PM
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by MisterHippity: In 2008, Gawker jumped the snark. Now, in 2009, it's already jumped the shark. He's what I predict Gawker will do 13 Responses | Other threads

    • people's parties

      The Only Obama Inaugural Concert Act We Care About Is Obama

      The most important issue of Barack Obama's impending presidency has yet to be answered. Just who, pray tell, is going to perform at his big inaugural concert bashes?? No one knows! And it's so soon! More »
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      By Richard

      Comment by City_Dater: Mavis Staples. He used a recording of the Staples Family Singers all the damn time during the campaign; the lady 5 Responses | Other threads

    • Gizmodo

      Obama Asks Congress for Analog TV Shutdown Delay

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    • Scandal

      Larry Craig Guilty of Cruising for Gay Sex Now and Evermore

      Larry Craig, the U.S. senator whose airport-bathroom gay-sex bust introduced the phrase "wide stance" into Beltway argot, has run out of appeals to withdraw his guilty plea for disorderly conduct. More »
      02:27 PM
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by tewkesbury: This case puzzles me so much--not that I haven't enjoyed watching that toad Larry Craig be publicly humiliated, but isn't... 19 Responses | Other threads

    • open caption

      "I've Got Something In Here I'd Like to Show You."

      [Ed Westwick of "Gossip Girl" on that series' set today; image via Splash]
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      By Richard

      Comment by Colonel Mustard: The Guy With Kaleidoscope Ties 8 Responses | Other threads

    • Interviews

      Sarah Palin: Media, Its Subjects, and Viewers Are All Jerks

      It appears that Sarah Palin's post-campaign career activities will consist exclusively of bitching about the media. In a new interview she takes on Katie Couric, Tina Fey, Caroline Kennedy, and all you jerks watching at home: More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: I am steadily falling in love with her again.... 21 Responses | Other threads

    • Crime

      Jewelry-Mailing Madoff a Menace to Society, Prosecutors Say

      The Feds still want to throw accused Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff in jail for mailing mittens. Oh, and some diamonds and emeralds and other expensive things. More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by sassypants: I'm still fairly shocked that no one has tried to off this guy. He fucked over a truckload of... 7 Responses | Other threads

    • Jezebel

      What Recession? Teen Vogue Readers Need An Allowance

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    • new things

      Mustaches are Back. Again!

      Drop your razors, fashionable young men: the New York Times reports that mustaches are back—in style! Somehow this story sounds vaguely... familiar: More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by Colonel Mustard: A girl in my office is dating a guy who looks like Doc Holliday, rocking the 19th-Century mustache and sideburns.... 17 Responses | Other threads

    • trendwatch

      Can Upper Class Journalists Cover the Fall of the Rich?

      Celebrity news hasn't been popping lately. It's vulgar—but more importantly, it's gotten repetitive. The new pastime is mocking the rich. But now, the journalists feel more sympathy with the fallen rich than ever before. More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by demetria23: Hmm, since when does journalism pay well enough to make a reporter "upper class"? 4 Responses | Other threads

    • presidents

      Barack Obama Tells Us Who's President Now

      Sure, the inauguration is twelve days away, but Barack Obama's speech today was his most public declaration that he's in charge and (Lord help us all) knows the way out of the financial apocalypse. More »
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      By Gabriel Snyder

      Comment by wonky-tonk: ONE PRESIDENT AT A TIME - but it appears only in regard to foreign policy concerning Israel. Countless innocent Palestinians 10 Responses | Other threads

    • Recessionomics

      Madoff-Robbed Kyra and Kevin Still Flying First Class

      Maybe Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick aren't so broke after all? Though they lost money in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, a tipster tells us they're flying first class to LA right now. More »
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      By Richard

      Comment by saythatscool: Isn't Kyra from old money anyway? Like Mayflower old money? 11 Responses | Other threads

    • Sexiness

      Axe Proven To Help Dumb Men Attract Mates

      A landmark actual new scientific study has discovered that, yes, Axe Body Spray can help you get laid. But opening your stupid mouth could render the sickly juvenile aphrodisiac worthless. More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by Uncle_Billy_Slumming: My AXE smells like month old pee. It does seem to have an effect on the ladies though. 18 Responses | Other threads

    • Crime

      Annoying Guy from The City Has Prositution Rap

      Ha! You know Nevan from The City? (Oh you don't? He's socialite cast member Olivia Palermo's fey cousin.) Well, it seems he has a police record for soliciting a prostitute in Miami. More »
      11:27 AM
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      By Richard

      Comment by princeCapsaicin: What's up with Olivia's legs???Did she fall out of a nest? 4 Responses | Other threads

    • Stalker deluxe

      The Dickensian Aspect

      Who sat next to me in celebrity hotspot Cafe Grumpy today? Clark Johnson, a.k.a. heroic city editor Gus Haynes from The Wire! Of course he is a big fan* of Gawker: More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by Dead Wrestlers Society: Oh shit. That's the guy from Homicide. Now that was a show. Well, at least until Pembleton had a stroke. 10 Responses | Other threads

    • Top Chef

      Mean British Bully Toby Young Is Overwrought and Underseasoned

      Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein. I'm an avid Top Chef fan and am here to discuss with you that show. More »
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      By Joshua Stein

      Comment by SixThirty: Young sucked. Bring back Bourdain!... 21 Responses | Other threads

    • Jezebel

      Cancer Patient Patrick Swayze Is Smoking (Mad)

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    • Flackery

      The Perfect Media Timing of Israel's War

      Is it smart for Israel to blow the hell out of Palestinian civilians past all boundaries of good sense? No. But has Israel timed this war brilliantly, from a PR perspective? No doubt. More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by Kid_Twist: Oh yeah, everything Israel does is based on how it will play in the American media. None of this has... 41 Responses | Other threads

    • recaps

      The Real World: Brooklyn's Freak Show for 'Straight' Boys

      I sat through the whole hour of The Real World: Brooklyn premiere last night. (Plus some of the After Show.) It was surprisingly better than I'd feared it would! And, ugh, surprisingly worse. More »
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