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Cynner
11/13/09

In reply to Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race
"Dangling My Toe In The Waters of International Espionage Without a Pedicure" would be more enticing as a book title. #eunalee
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Novaload
11/13/09

In reply to Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race
They shouldn't get to keep any money from this--it should go to pay back all the resources used to extricate them from their own stupidity, and then the rest should be divided amongst all of us who had to listen to all the BS about them and by them while waiting for the weather report or some other far more important bit of news. They should also have to go do some anonymous community service while meditating on their unsuitability as "reporters." #eunalee
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Maxichamp
11/13/09

@Novaload: No kidding. For months, they denied crossing the border. When they were freed, they used euphemisms like "touched the border". You can't be a little bit pregnant. You broke the law. Live with it. #eunalee
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OldSpinDoc
11/13/09

@Novaload: And what were the people these lovely ladies were 'reporting" on going to do when the story ran?
I'm sure Harriet Tubman would have loved to read media accounts of her railroad while she was still shuttling people through it... #eunalee
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Novaload
11/13/09

@OldSpinDoc: Indeed. The local 'contacts' were reportedly begging them not to go further toward the border; and their translator and others said the Korean equivalent of Sod it! and vanished--all concerned for their safety after the Clueless Chicks 15 minutes were over. The Clueless Chicks were not, of course, concerned about them. #eunalee
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Maxichamp
11/13/09

In reply to Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race
It was strange during their imprisonment how they would flash her picture on the news and it's always that weird myspace-y picture. I mean, couldn't the family provide a more normal picture? #eunalee
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Betty Draper
11/13/09

@Maxichamp: I thought the exact same thing. #eunalee
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AzureTexan
11/13/09

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If I lock myself in a closet for a week and then write about it, will somebody send me $600,000 in exchange for what I'll subtly title, "The World Is Brighter Now: A Memoir of Murkiness, Mothballs and a Musty Odor I Couldn't Quite Identify"? #eunalee
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The Real JR
11/13/09

In reply to Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race
because you are not as interesting as your circumstances, no matter what Oprah says.

PREACH!!! PREACH IT!!

I think this simple truth is at the very core of why Gawker exists: Because some people take themselves way too seriously (ie: famous for doing nothing) which make them ripe for the snarking.

Dudes, doesn't the Lings realize that there's a HUGE fascination regarding what the hell is going on behind borders in North Korea. (Hell, wasn't that why they were there to begin with?) Why do I care about the beauty of Ling Sisterhood(tm) when i could get a firsthand account of Dear Leader battshittery with bonus Clinton on Air Fuck One action? #eunalee
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rudi_freude
11/13/09

@The Real JR: Maybe because The Sisterhood of the Traveling Lings sounds like it has box-office potential. #eunalee
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Magister
11/13/09

@rudi_freude:
While a variation on the "Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (The Ling-Ling Sisterhood) could be mistaken for a film about Dick Nixon's relationship to a couple of pandas.
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Niko Bellic
11/13/09

@The Real JR: there's a HUGE fascination regarding what the hell is going on behind borders in North Korea

Wait, what? Did they capture Carrie Prejean now? #eunalee
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rudi_freude
11/13/09

@Niko Bellic: Niko. Niko, Niko. You're being inappropriate. #eunalee
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skt.smth
11/13/09

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Korea 1
China 0 #eunalee
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