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Fox News Flacks: O Hai, Sorry 'Bout Da Smears!

How does Fox News' vicious PR department respond to charges it smeared a Times reporter as a drug addict, blamed a pregnant Wall Street Journal reporter's hormones for unfavorable coverage, and that chief Irena Briganti blackballed, bullied and threatened virtually all the reporters she came into contact with? By distributing to TV critics a button with pictures of kittens and hearts, reading "Hugs & Kittens from Fox News Media Relations." Ha ha, get it? It's funny because reporters who can't take Fox's hardball PR tactics are babies who expect to be coddled. Instead, they will be devoured by Fox News chief Roger Ailes, with kittens and human hearts as the appetizer. [TVNewser] (Image via TVNewser)

11:12 PM on Mon Jul 14 2008
By Ryan Tate
836 views, 28 comments

Latest by Scout: Those pins were made from real kitten skin. more »

the theatre

Shirtless Actors Wrestle Over Underwear

Mario Lopez, right, was a big star on TV's Saved By The Bell and doesn't like sharing the stage with his younger Chorus Line co-star Nick Adams, left. And what Lopez especially doesn't like is when Adams' biceps take the attention away from his bicepts. So Lopez refused to wear a long-sleeved sweater, as called for in the script, preferring instead a tight t-shirt to show off his "guns." And he had Adams outfitted with a baggy hoodie and relegated to the back in the opening dance routine. But now Lopez is finally getting his comeuppance, just as any decent dramatic plotline would dictate. It seems a men's underwear company, once smitten with Lopez, has switched its attention to Nick. Writes Page Six: More »

6:08 AM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Ryan Tate
7,579 views, 51 comments

Latest by n/a: @rod townsend: D'Oh! I must read the whole thread before posting. more »

working 'with' the press

The Clintons' Media Enemies List

Hillary and Bill Clinton keep — oh, sorry, their "aide" keeps — a big ole list of everyone who has done them wrong, including allies who are perceived to have defected to the Obama camp. Many of their supporters and associates also have lists of the "ingrates," "traitors" and "enemies" who wronged the former president and his wife. Are there any media people on this list? Are you kidding? They are "charter members," because if there is anyone Hillary and Bill hate, it is the press. (Chelsea too, probably.) Some names: More »

4:20 AM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Ryan Tate
4,794 views, 37 comments

Latest by n/a: I hope you're right, Don Miguel. People may love Barack, but do they understand why they love him? Do they understand that his universal healthcare plan is vastly inferior to Hillary's? Do they understand the meaning behind his eloquently phrased more »

megalomaniacs

Insane Clinton Dead-Enders Celebrate Glorious Puerto Rico Victory

Hillary Clinton's suicide cult followers trailed her all the way to Puerto Rico, where they celebrated the Democratic presidential candidate's two-to-one victory over Barack Obama by, once again, wearing stickers on their foreheads, this time at a rally/brainwashing session in San Juan. Only 10 percent of eligible Puerto Ricans bothered to show up at the polls, because they know pandering, disingenuous gringos when they see them . Clinton is, as predicted, using the victory as proof that she won the popular vote in the Democratic primary, an assertion that requires the counting of Clinton's dubious victories in Florida and Michigan. After the jump, a video in which two crazed Clinton cultists scream about the Democratic National Committee's decision to seat only half of the improperly elected delegates from those states. More »

9:37 PM on Sun Jun 1 2008
By Ryan Tate
1,998 views, 56 comments

Latest by Mediahohoho: @Fishman: I used to think the same about Vietnam myself. Believe me, I'm no fan of Kennedy or Johnson, or Eisenhower, who first got us in that country on behalf of French Imperialism (!) or Nixon, who wouldn't get out more »

megalomaniacs

Suicide Cult Phase Reached By Clinton Campaign

Hillary Clinton squeaked by with 23,000 votes in Indiana. The Democratic presidential candidate ran out of money. Supposedly she has canceled public appearances the next few days. Matt Drudge and Tim Russert say it's over. Who is still standing behind Clinton, chanting "Yes she can?" Crazy dead-ender cult people like the ones in the picture above, with goddamned stickers on their foreheads. After the jump, Gawker videographer Richard Blakeley (who spotted the stickers) imagines the conversation that led to this awful visual: More »

2:01 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Ryan Tate
5,075 views, 35 comments

Latest by IndeediDid: Chelsea totally looks like she's pissed at her dad like, "Don't you dare think about touching me!" more »

megalomaniacs

How To Spend $75,000 Trying To Embarrass A Times Reporter

Mike Ovitz just testified about how he hired private eye Anthony Pellicano, on trial on federal racketeering and wiretap charges, to obtain "embarrassing or otherwise useful information about the New York Times journalists and their sources," according to the Times. The former Hollywood mogul said he paid Pellicano $75,000, which did not get him information about the reporters, but did net him a fetching nickname, "Gaspar," some dirt on his rivals and, if reporter Anita Busch's hotly-contested testimony is any indication, some serious cloak and dagger directed at the reporters: More »

6:56 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Ryan Tate
891 views, 5 comments

Latest by vandusen: I managed to discredit the Times every time I walk my dog and forget to bring a baggie. more »

megalomaniacs

You Can Only Have Five Friends, Says Harvey Weinstein

It emerged in court papers that movie mogul Harvey Weinstein once said to NBC CEO Jeff Zucker, "You can only have in your life five true friends and I consider you one of my five friends. And I'm telling you, I will not embarrass you." Weinstein, of course, did go on to embarass Zucker by selling his show to another network, according to NBC's suit. But what's with this "five true friends" thing? More »

3:12 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Ryan Tate
2,235 views, 8 comments

megalomaniacs

Fidel Castro Resigns, No Confirmation From Perez Hilton Yet

Fidel Castro has "resigned" as the ruler of Cuba, but he hasn't been seen in public for 19 months, so don't believe anything you read in the mainstream media until brave Perez Hilton explains to you how this means Castro is even more dead. (In the attached picture, Castro is shown holding a book published about a month after Perez's groundbreaking scoop that he was dead, click through for a larger picture.) UPDATE: At 6:30 AM, Perez confirmed that "Castro Steps Down!!!!!!!" Approximately 10 seconds later, his site receives the first in a long, ongoing series of comments along the lines of this one, number 42: "How can he step down if he's dead???? Perez what's going on?? Please bring us op to date!!"

3:51 AM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Ryan Tate
870 views, 12 comments

Latest by n/a: Well, obviously that is a silicon Muppet that can speak Spanish. @Moimeme: Thanks Moimeme, I shall be your sober buddy. You're right, Perez is starting to get this McCarthy-esque hysterical edge. Barfy. more »

megalomaniacs

Typhoid Bloomberg Can't Even Get Endorsed Properly

It should not have been a big deal when an academic journal at Stanford repeatedly suggested Michael Bloomberg would be a good education president, and it definitely should not have turned into an embarrassing little scandal. But a scandal is exactly what has ensued, because the mayor's sad inability to publicly acknowledge his misguided presidential ambition has left everyone terrified of offering him the slightest encouragement. The article included the ridiculous picture at left and said "many people think [Bloomberg] should be president" and that if he ran, "Americans might have a renewed opportunity to ponder the state of American education." In the chaotic aftermath of the Bloomberg-friendly piece, a journal board member resigned, the author acknowledged "we barely see a blip" in education after six years under Bloomberg and none of the three board members contacted by the Sun think Bloomberg should run for president. In other words, no one wants to be responsible for having encouraged him. [NY Sun]

3:55 AM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Ryan Tate
274 views, 5 comments

Latest by harveywallbangers: Leave Bloomy alone. He donated millions of his own money to NYC Education. Even if he does want to run for president, at least he's not running around in women's clothes and using the phrase "on 9/11" every time he more »

media megalomaniacs

Jann Wenner Is Preggers! Jann Wenner Says He Is An Extraordinarily Talented, Prescient Individual!

Rolling Stone and Us Weekly owner Jann Wenner and his partner, Matt Nye, (for whom he dropped his wife, Jane) are expecting twins in January, according to Business Week's Jon Fine. The newest little Wenners will join his current army of four. But this party is just beginning—the interview transcript is something to behold. Some highlights! More »

2:00 PM on Fri Nov 2 2007
By Maggie
9,616 views, 31 comments