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journalismism
Dude Who Looks Like Kim Jong Il Incredibly Not Kim Jong Il's Son
Out of all the celebrities to resemble, North Korean loonmonster Kim Jong Il would not be the first choice of most guys (it would be this guy). But one dude does resemble him, and fooled the world media. Accidentally. More » -
air rage
HBO Exec Angry, Litigious Over Missing Obama's Speech
Sheila Nevins, HBO documentary films president and overall entertainment industry big shot, was very mad she couldn't watch Obama's inauguration live from her first class airplane seat. But were the cops and lawyers necessary? More »
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Comment by Baroness: She sounds maintenance-y. Like her hairstyle here..I can't stop looking at it. It's like, early-80's Angie Dickinson-in-her-Vegas-act thing that is... 7 Responses | Other threads
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mistakes
Celebuzz Doesn't Care About Black People
OMG: Celebuzz exclusively reports that faux lesbian Katy Perry has broken up with her faux lesbian-loving boyfriend, Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes. Celebuzz also exclusively reports that Travis took to his blog with these heartfelt words of pain about the breakup: More »
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Comment by Almostbanned: Wait, who says Katy Perry is the best looking girl in America? And is 'possess' really the right word to... 7 Responses | Other threads
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year in review
Top Ten Worst Media Moments of 2008
The media screwed up many, many times in 2008. As in other years! The ten finest episodes, listed for you below. Merry Christmas, from the media: More »
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Comment by Daniel Anthony Gilbert: it's "your", not "you're". nice butchering of the english language. glad "you're" not veep. 6 Responses | Other threads
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dow jones
WSJ Doesn't Mention Own Company's Market-Crashing Error
Everybody in the media fucks up once in a while. Sometimes the fallout is bad. Remember when Bloomberg accidentally ran Steve Jobs' obituary while he was still alive? Then shortly afterward they mistakenly ran an old headline about United's bankruptcy as if it was current, and temporarily destroyed the company's stock price? Both are very bad errors, but at least Bloomberg apologized for them. Which is more than you can say for Dow Jones, which handily fails to mention its own mistake that crushed GE's stock price yesterday: More »
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Comment by Kid Twist: I'm waiting for them to release today's report on frozen orange juice futures. 2 Responses | Other threads
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hip hop weekly
Rage Of The Unpaid: Hip Hop Freelancers Revolt!
Hip Hop Weekly is an execrable, half-assed attempt at a hip hop version of Us Weekly. HHW was founded a couple of years ago by Dave Mays and Benzino, the guys who ran The Source into the ground through sheer selfishness before being forced out. Suffice it to say there's no reason to have a sympathetic view of the magazine's existence. Which makes this epic email fuckup on their part—reprinted below!—that much more enjoyable:
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Comment by Monster Chalk: I can see through the emails that HHW is shady as hell but what's really sad here is the horrible... 3 Responses | Other threads
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carat
Secret Layoff Talking Points Sent To Entire Company In All-Time Classic Email Fuckup
Oh dear, it seems that the corporate leadership of a media agency has royally fucked up. Carat decided it had to lay off some workers. So the honchos carefully prepared secret internal talking points and strategy memos laying out exactly how they would break the news to the staff and clients, and deal with the media fallout. Then they accidentally emailed all that shit to their entire agency. Ha. Ha. Ha. The highlights are just so delicious: More »
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Comment by Baroness: This is no way to go about it. Don Draper would've invited you in, offered a Scotch, told you it... 3 Responses | Other threads
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fuckups
How New York Burned Its Plastic-Surgery Source
Anonymous sources can usually put some faith in the journalistic principle, that the anonymity of a source is a sacred thing, to be protected even at the risk of jail. But they should have less faith in a reporter's competence. Last week, a New York Times reporter withheld the name of a critic of the Chinese government but gave him away accidentally by mentioning the restaurant he owned. And there's an equally moronic slip in this week's cover story on plastic surgery in New York magazine.
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By Nick DentonComment by off-kilter: Yah know, its really fun to skim down the comments, ignoring what thread they belong to. Its pretty surreal. By the... more » | Other threads
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