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    Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race

    North Korean Journalists Are Like Romantic Poets

    Fox News Jilted by White House Befriends North Korea

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    Image of Cynner 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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    Image of Novaload 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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    Image of Maxichamp 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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    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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    Image of Novaload 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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    Image of Maxichamp 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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    Image of Betty Draper Betty Draper
    11/13/09

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

    In reply to Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race
    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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    Image of The Real JR 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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    Image of rudi_freude 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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    Image of Magister 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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    Image of Niko Bellic 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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    Image of rudi_freude rudi_freude
    11/13/09

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

    In reply to Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race
    Korea 1
    China 0 #eunalee
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/10/09

    In reply to North Korean Journalists Are Like Romantic Poets
    I shall gird my loins for further developments. #northkorea
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/10/09

    In reply to North Korean Journalists Are Like Romantic Poets
    Wait till you hear Kim John Il singing his version of "Major-General."

    "I am the very model of an Atomic armed-official
    I've starved my people of vegetables, animals, and minerals,
    I drink Cognac VSOP, and I quote the films hysterical
    From Rambo to Jason's Revenge, in order categorical
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    Hiroine Protagonist promoted this comment Edited by ManchuCandidate at 11/10/09 9:16 AM ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    11/10/09

    In reply to North Korean Journalists Are Like Romantic Poets
    Haha, Asian people and their funny translations.

    Come on. You're better than this, Gawker. #northkorea
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    Image of NoelleBlue NoelleBlue
    11/10/09

    @skt.smth: While I'd usually be right there with you, I find "Much flurried" and "hastily took to flight" legitimately funny- this text isn't WRONG, or badly written(it's quite poetic!) like your run-of-the-mill easy-to-mock bad translation.

    It's just deliciously archaic.
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    Image of CarlinaZeikfried CarlinaZeikfried
    11/10/09

    In reply to North Korean Journalists Are Like Romantic Poets
    Those damn poltroons, or whatever!
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    11/10/09

    @CarlinaZeikfried: poltroons makes you sound classic. The whatever: jaunty. #northkorea
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    Image of BaconCat BaconCat
    10/23/09

    In reply to Fox News Jilted by White House Befriends North Korea
    Ugh, Greta, TOO MUCH BOTOX. You look like a stroke victim. #foxnews
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    Image of Aaron Altman Aaron Altman
    10/23/09

    In reply to Fox News Jilted by White House Befriends North Korea
    Out of curiosity - why the fuck would it matter if she DID have balls? Unless you're just trying to be funny by implying Greta was a man? #foxnews
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    Image of katastic katastic
    10/23/09

    @Aaron Altman: Hint: This Anderson Evans dude is not particularly interesting or readable. #foxnews
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    10/23/09

    In reply to Fox News Jilted by White House Befriends North Korea
    She's another one who got her noteriety by being a talking head during the OJ Simpson trial. She was actually a fairly decent back in the day, and then Fox gave her a contract, dye job and lots of plastic surgery.
    Now she sucks ass. #foxnews
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    10/23/09

    In reply to Fox News Jilted by White House Befriends North Korea
    Fox News sure knows how to push all the buttons in this "war." This in itself proves they aren't a real news organization. #foxnews
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    Image of Drunken Economist Drunken Economist
    09/03/09

    In reply to Formerly Imprisoned, Laura Ling and Euna Lee Now Free to Tell Their Tale (Mostly)
    Just a few things to say about this:

    Laura Ling looks like she swallowed something bitter. Japanese plums?

    The VICE crew went to the PRNK one year before, *with* permission and NK handlers, and were almost jailed for taking movies there. Google 'The Vice Guide to North Korea' and watch.

    Oh, and even with permission and being guys they were scared shitless.

    It's not like Current & Vice don't talk. The girls knew *exactly* what they were up against.

    Where were the Chinese soldiers? On their side of no man's land. The 'girls' were still on Korean soil.

    What point of view? The Current clubkids were trying to one up the Vice clubkids, using the PRNK as a prop.

    Every time I see one of these clubkids go to a REALLY BAD SPOT in the world and then go 'Ima scared' into the camera I just roll my eyes.
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