<![CDATA[Gawker: clarifications]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: clarifications]]> http://gawker.com/tag/clarifications http://gawker.com/tag/clarifications <![CDATA[ What Does Jesse Jackson Want to do With Barack Obama's Nuts? ]]> Controversy! Did Jesse Jackson want to rip Barack Obama's nuts "off" or "out"? No big deal, you say? Tell it to the Post! "Veterinarians and doctors talk about cutting nuts 'off.' Only a thug or a gangster cuts a man's nuts 'out.'" Jeff Johnson makes the importance of the distinction a little clearer: "Maybe Jackson simply does not understand human anatomy. Perhaps he tells women, in the throes of passion, that he'd like to chew on their breasts, rather than suckle them. Maybe he puts his shoes on, then his socks. Maybe he thinks that hearts don't beat, that they 'squeeze.'" [Fitted Sweats]

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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:30:48 EDT Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5024490&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Lydia Hearst and Her Money Are Just Fine, Thanks ]]> Lydia Blonde-1Newspaper heiress/Page 6 Magazine contributor Lydia Hearst doesn't have a website that she's not paying the bills for. She writes us, "I wish I did not have to contact you, as I'm sure you will most-likely print this (but if you do, please respect me enough to keep my E-mail address private), but I'd like to clear something up. I do not own the site to which you are referring. I have never had an official web page, nor am I aware of who owns the site claiming to be my 'official' page. I do however have an official fan-page on Facebook. Say what you will, but please check your facts. Also, if you actually look at the page it is obvious that whoever owns it just typed those words across the screen. Have a lovely weekend. All the Best, Lydia"

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Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:04:22 EDT ian spiegelman http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5006986&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ For the Record ]]> Tracy Sefl, the "informal conduit between the Clinton campaign and Matt Drudge," didn't have anything to do with the wacky Obama-in-dress picture that ended up embarrassing the Clinton campaign on Drudge this morning. [The Atlantic, Earlier]

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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:57:42 EST Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=360528&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Clarifying The Confusion ]]> Heathledger For updates on the murky details emerging from the media coverage of actor Heath Ledger's death, including drug test results performed on a rolled-up $20 bill found at his apartment, click here. ]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:02:03 EST Maggie http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5002504&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ Confused? What The Media Does And Doesn't Know About Ledger's Death ]]> Ledgerthumb-1 Some of the details surrounding Heath Ledger's death yesterday have been a little murky, with conflicting reports from various media outlets. Let's answer some of your basic questions.

Q. Did Ledger commit suicide? A. Police have changed their tune on that, saying his death appears to have been accidental. His family's statement described him as "life-loving." [SkyNews]

Q. Was Ledger found in the apartment of an Olsen twin? A. No. According to the Times, a masseuse (who had set up a massage table in Ledger's bedroom before trying to wake the dead man) used his cellphone to speed-dial Mary-Kate Olsen, who said she'd contact "some private security people." Calling Olsen again, the woman said she was calling 911. Security personnel raised by Olsen and city emergency workers arrived at the same time.

Q. Which medications were found in the apartment? A. At least six, including sleeping aids Ambien, Donormyl, Zoplicone and anti-anxiety meds Xanax and Valium. Three were prescribed in Europe, according to the AP. They were not, as was reported, "strewn around" his dead body, but in bottles and packaging in the bedroom, bathroom and rest of the apartment. According to the NYPD this afternoon, no illegal narcotics were found, even on a rolled-up $20 bill found in the apartment. [NYP]

Q. Where was his body found? A. NYPD spokesperson Paul Browne said he was found naked, unconscious and face down at the foot of a bed, which police sources tell the Post was just a mattress on the floor. When the building's superintendent arrived at Ledger's fourth-floor apartment after being called by his housekeeper, the place was crammed with cops and the actor's covered body was being moved off the bed. [Daily Telegraph(AU)]

Q. What did his autopsy, performed this morning, indicate? A. The results were inconclusive, further tests to indicate a cause of death will take another ten days. TMZ reported last night that Ledger may have had pneumonia. [CNN]

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Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:43:12 EST Maggie http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5002477&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Lodwick: Not My Norbum ]]> A clarification: while new media entrepreneur Jakob Lodwick did indeed invent the term "norbum," a portmanteau of "Nordstrom" and, well, "bum," then "register a few domains," he was not, specifically, one of the people involved in the homeless people-mocking site that then went up at norbum.org. Lodwick helpfully adds that he still reserves the right to make fun of homeless people in the future. [JakobLodwick.com, Valleywag]

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Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:00:39 EST Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=340100&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ A Letter From The Epstein Accuser's Lawyer ]]> unroch.jpgWhen we informed you yesterday of the lawsuit against the New York Post brought by Maximilia Cordero—the woman who might have been born a man (but she says not!) and who might have been raped by "billionaire financier" Jeffrey Epstein when she was underage—we apparently made some mistakes, according to her lawyer and live-in ex-boyfriend, William Unroch. Unroch wrote us yesterday to request a clarification, and his letter is posted below.


Takeaway points:

  • The Post's claim that Ms. Cordero is transgendered is not a part of her suit against them because it is so ridiculous as to not be "worth wasting the ink."
  • This is called Strategy 111
  • We "obviously have bad reporters who write opinions as fact and do no researching."
  • Mr. Unroch hopes this is the last time he will be writing anything to us. We don't!
From: William Unroch
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:47:55 -0500
Subject: Your publishing.

Alleged Epstein Rape Vic Sues 'Post' article was not only a cheap, poor opinionated knock off of Radar Magazine's article it was stupid and uninvestigated. Where not suing the post for being the post and reporting the FACTUAL news! Where suing them for printing horrible, malicious lies they knew were false (if you saw the law suite you would know that) and printed away for a juice story! The fact that the majority of their publishing(s) were based on two web pages (that News Corp. is the parent company for) that the post was well informed several times were not Ms. Cordero's but published away as her words! N Y Post reporters working for the same company that owns myspace.com could have made 1 phone call to find out who created the web pages in question if they didn't believe me. How ever instead they printed it as if what the web pages said came from my clients own mouth ignoring my repeated pleas for them to at else investigate the authenticity of the pages before the write the article if they didn't believe me. I repeat what took me a day and a half to find out (yes I subpoenaed the web pages) could have took one phone for them. That fact that I didn't sue on the basis Ms. Cordero is a transgender is because frankly that issue is so ridiculous that it wasn't worth wasting the ink!!! That issue will be brought up by them and when they subpoena the birth certificate it will look much better for my clients case not only because they raised the issue by because of the outcome (it's called a strategy 111)! Further more the Post reports went around telling my clients friends and family that she suffered from a serious sexual disease which happens to be a criminal matter since the illness is statue protected. Not to mention it was completely false! Basically the whore article was a malicious defamatory lie to assassinate my client's charter cook up be Rubenstein and the post (which they conveniently left out the fact that they share the same publicist as Epstein!). So you say I'm suing the post for being the post! Be guided carefully or I'll bring you into the case for being involved with the post to dismiss and further defame my client as well as this being a effort to poison the future jury pool in News Corp.'s favor! You obviously have bad reporters who write opinions as fact and do no researching! I hope this is the last time I will be writing anything to you!

Sincerely,
William Unroch

Earlier: Posts related to 'Jeffrey Epstein'

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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:00:28 EST Pareene http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=326831&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ In our item yesterday about the New Republic's ... ]]> In our item yesterday about the New Republic's sad number of ads in its latest issue, we overlooked the fact that last month the magazine hired former National Journal Corporate Advertising Director Sarah Kuhn, and a couple weeks ago hired former National Journal Advertising Director Holly Maine to beef up ad pages. Neither has started yet, but they've got their work cut out for them when they do. We'll be watching!

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Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:40:51 EDT Doree Shafrir http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=292187&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Finally, someone explains why the Lower East ... ]]> Finally, someone explains why the Lower East Side American Apparel shows a DVD of topless Jewesses in its window. "'Provocative ads are a tried-and-true strategy for fashion companies,' said Ron Berger, chairman of Advertising Week 2007. 'I'm not saying showing nipple is mainstream, but you have to be blind not to see the Calvin Klein ads where the guy is wearing a pair of briefs and his penis looks like it is 14 inches long.'" [AMNY]

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Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:19:38 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=287440&view=rss&microfeed=true