Diamond-Encrusted Somali Pirates Overcharge the Twitterati

Why gripe in your cubicle when you can "cc:" the entire Internet? That's what a Daily Show producer, a Chicago Tribune columnist, and a Time critic did on Twitter:
Sweetbread Piccata iPhone App Makes the Twitterati Go Chris Brown
Why isn't there, like, an iPhone app that does all your actual work so you can spend your day chatting with friends on Twitter? Touré, Courtney Hazlett, and Kurt Andersen puzzled over similar questions:
'Us' Update II
That mass protest by Us Weekly subscribers upset by the celebrity magazine's harsh treatment of the Republicans' Sarah Palin? Not quite as mass as all that. [Related, Related]
"Uppity" Reporter's Apology
MSNBC.com's PR department has issued a statement from reporter Courtney Hazlett, who described Spike Lee as "uppity" on TV this morning: "Today on 'Morning Joe' I chose my words poorly in describing the relationship between Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee. I take my responsibilities as a journalist seriously and know…
MSNBC Reporter Calls Spike Lee "Uppity"
On MSNBC's Morning Joe show today, Courtney Hazlett reported on the current racial tiff between Spike Lee and Clint Eastwood. She reminded us that this isn't the first time the two have had issues: "Spike Lee got really uppity" about Eastwood's WWII movies before! I wonder what Spike Lee has to say about that. Click…
Courtney Hazlett To Be The New Jeannette Walls
Gossip gal Courtney Hazlett left OK! magazine last week, we heard, but we didn't know where she was off to. Now we hear she's going to MSNBC, to replace their long-missing gossip columnist Jeannette Walls—Jeannette stopped writing their "Scoop" column more than a year ago to become a fulltime authoress. Hazlett (fun…
