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Dickdogfood
11/13/09

In reply to Early Favorite For Time Person of the Year: Something Stupid
I won't be convinced that Time is at all serious about their brand of stupid unless they name Glenn Beck Man of the Year. Even "The Angry American" won't cut it. #media
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sanyucat
11/13/09

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How is Time still in print? It's the journalistic equivalent of scrapple. #media
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Steverino Begins
11/13/09

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Wouldn't be surprised if their POTY was a hashtag. Like #iranelection. #lame #media
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TheBusinessGuy
11/13/09

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Have you watched the CNN online newscast? It's two college kids doing the news from the bridge of the Enterprise but with most of the props missing. #media
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AzureTexan
11/13/09

@TheBusinessGuy: It's dead, Jim. #media
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Magister
11/13/09

@TheBusinessGuy: If there was no event that I was watching on one of their live channels, I've actually been known to leave the stationary shot of the White House or some other quiet thing open, rather than listen to the newbies blather. #media
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TheBusinessGuy
11/13/09

@Magister: Yeah, they make Wolf Blitzer sound like Edward R. Murrow. #media
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Magister
11/13/09

@TheBusinessGuy: More like Wolf Blitzer's producer because whenever I watch him, I can totally imagine Holly Hunter in his ear. #media
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TheBusinessGuy
11/13/09

@Magister: I know what you mean. I love Blitzer's idiotic tags to stories. For example, if Earth were blown up by the Martians, Blitzer would say on the outro, "The Earth has been blown up. Certainly a tragedy, and we will be following this." Jack Cafferty always looks at him as if he's a fly in Cafferty's soup. #media
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Magister
11/13/09

@TheBusinessGuy:
What gets me is when he's "interviewing" a reporter or analyst to provide background and asks questions which he should be able to answer, if he's half as smart as his audience, but some producer's obviously telling him there's an interesting factoid somebody, somewhere may not have heard.

The anchors on cnn.com were much the same way, except unlike Blitzer, I never expected them to know.
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TheBusinessGuy
11/13/09

@Magister: After watching Blitzer for five minutes, you really don't expect him to know much of anything. Actually, the only CNN headliners with real heft are Amanpour and Zakaria--especially Zakaria, whose Sunday show always feel like the ideal seminar at the Kennedy School. #media
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heywhat
11/12/09

In reply to Tips For Banging Hot College Sluts Is Landmark of Journalistic Freedom
"There is nothing worse than the awkward wake up next to a girl, who is not as hot as you thought she was when you were 12 deep the night before." Just imagine how she feels waking up to your mug, Chris! Why is it that ugly guys feel entitled to bang hot chicks even though his face looks like an asshole?
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El_Gato
11/12/09

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Figures he'd be wearing a Red Sox cap. Amazing, too, that a guy who's probably never been laid in his life would write a column about getting laid. #media
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ms_priestypants
11/12/09

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Maybe instead of charging the paper with harassment, Fairfield University could close The Mirror down for failing completely at its mission statement. I get that newspapers are a dying medium, but editors are still supposed to edit and journalists are still supposed to have some basic understanding of grammar, punctuation, syntax, and how to craft a narrative.

On the other hand, that article definitely makes a fierce case for abstinence, so maybe the Society of Jesus is having the last laugh here. #media
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TheSometimesWhy
11/12/09

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Is it just me or does anyone else find more than vestigial traces of irony in that our focal point's surname sounds
suspiciously like some third-rate feminine hygiene product?

Wait a second, given that he arguably qualifies as a third-rate douche, cancel that last query.

Peripherally, it should be noted in an attempt to appear more worldly that Mr. Surette "went metric" quite some time ago, so that reference to being "12-deep" is centimeters, or in the alternative, his IQ.
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LatestBy
11/12/09

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In his defense, he's really, really hot. #media
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shostakobitch
11/12/09

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I think he is providing a valuable service for cretins in a language they can understand. Unfortunately, there is a significant percentage of cuties who are willing to raw dog it and they need to know the 411 on preventing a rash or perhaps a mini-me. He possesses a unique and spirited voice that informs us of the hazards of rationalizing things when in a state of 12-deeptitude.

Additionally I feel that somewhere at some point we've all had a hearty laugh and said to ourselves, "I just don't care whether or not I'm capable of sexually pleasing a woman."
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katastic
11/12/09

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I'd argue that this guy was not going to get laid anyways.
I mean, Jesus. Look at him. What sexual experience could he possibly have had that didn't involve a sock and his own pasty, clammy hand? #media
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scroll_lock
11/12/09

@katastic: To be fair, there was that one time with the knothole in the fence. #media
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lukeoneil47
11/12/09

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Ah, I remember the good old days when I could write an embarassingly awful column for my Catholic college's newspaper and no one on campus would read it, never mind the entire internet. #media
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Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
11/12/09

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I'd go raw dog on Katie Couric in that picture, 12 deep or less, Broseph!!! #media
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scroll_lock
11/12/09

@Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: She does look doable, in an Annie-Liebovitz-if-she-were-hetero-...&-gummier way.
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Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
11/12/09

@scroll_lock: Man, why you always gotta point out Katie's dolphin teeth? #media
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scroll_lock
11/12/09

@Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: heh #media
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Conchie Birdie
11/12/09

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The "He Said / She Said" columns used to be the funniest part of The Mirror... too bad this moron had to go fuck it up. In reality, the columns have been overrun with idiots like Chris for a few years now. If I were President von Arx, I'd kick him out. #media
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pmarble
11/12/09

@Conchie Birdie: President von Arx sounds like a totally made-up name. Like a character from Arrested Development, or 30 Rock. #media
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Conchie Birdie
11/12/09

@pmarble: He's for realz - President Father Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J. #media
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Fitz21and1
11/12/09

@Conchie Birdie: I worked for that paper back when I went there, it was never funny, it was always lowest level humor, copying Adam Sandler-type jokes when they were popular, then Will Farrell-type, and I guess now Tucker Max. #media
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pmarble
11/12/09

@Conchie Birdie: Oh, I believe you, never fear! But the fuller name seems even more made up (and funny) to me. #media
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Rozelle’s Bagman
11/12/09

@pmarble: Fairfield U. is a real school that so many commenters apparently attended? It sounds like one of the campus backgrounds for a 3 Stooges short.
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Conchie Birdie
11/12/09

@Fitz21and1: Gotcha. To be fair, I really only enjoyed the She Said - and my friend wrote it. Plus, to be the funniest part of that paper isn't really saying much.

@pmarble: I knew it would find it funny - that's why I disclosed the entire name!
#media
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Brian St. Claire
11/13/09

@Conchie Birdie: And before that, President Father Aloysius P. Kelly, S.J.

Fairfield seemed to collect Jesuits with crazy names... and @Fitz21and1, I worked there too. '03, it was fantastic. Great writers, great editors, great staff. By '07, when I graduated, the writing started to slide, and I think it's currently in a kind of textual nadir. #media
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Conchie Birdie
11/14/09

@Brian St. Claire: Hmm... did we know each other, good sir?

Actually, I think we do.

ETA: Holy crap, we hooked up. And you defriended me! Jerk.
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Conchie Birdie
11/14/09

@Rozelle’s Bagman: Oh, we're everywhere, you'd be surprised. #media
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Brian St. Claire
11/14/09

@Conchie Birdie:

Well, you DID get de-friended, yes, and so did about a hundred and fifty other people in the Great De-Friendification of 2009. C'est la vie.

PS, pink hair? Holy crap. #media
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Conchie Birdie
11/14/09

@Brian St. Claire: Yeah, um, this is gawker, I don't have pink hair.

It's too bad you defriended, especially since you're the one who requested we put, under how we know each other, something like "Brian and CB hooked up in 2006 and it was awesome."

Sad face, Brian, sad face.
#media
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Richard Lawson
11/12/09

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In his defense, he is beautiful. He looks like a potato that just farted. #media
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