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more about #eliotspitzer more comments → El_Gato: I imagine Shelly Ross will be extremely furious with Christine Anderson for talking such smack behind her back. I never understood why people who work... more » snugbug: No current or future story on Spitzer can ever hope to trump that NY mag cover that so sucintly and perfectly summarized his persona & M.O. back in Ma... more » GORDONGARTRELLE: "Can you send" me -- communications director for the governor of the State of New York -- a New York Daily News article. "Unreal" indeed. #today more » gladys_kravitz: I hope Silda gave the doorman a good holiday tip for having to deal with all these asses. #today more » Hockeymom: The most interesting thing about this is that working for Shelly Ross is still worse than working for a Governor who has a hooker habit. #today more » Magister: Lt. Gov Paterson's strong and storied leadership Um... okay. Did he have a backstory? more » Valerie Flame: At the very least, Gawker got some higher quality commenters out of this one. You'll learn more about reporting here than in four years of J-school. ... more » bucklerg: Checking facts is always good, but you don't send a verbatim quote from your story to a PR person and ask "can I do this?" Not even to maintain the re... more » Paddington: Whose idea was this little expose? Did one of these former flaks say to someone at Gawker, hey, maybe there's good stuff here ... ? Just curious. Be... more » abettertomorrow: Anything in the emails about the original source of the story? A lot of talking about "scoop" and "broke" but isn't it more likely that the Times was... more » El_Gato: It sounds like you guys were expecting something very sensational and Hollywood-esque, like Danny Hakim telling the flack that her ass was grass and t... more » stripedcoffeecup: The Times went too far, in this former tabloid sleazeball's opinion, by sharing the actual text of the upcoming story with the flak. You can read back... more » LatestBy: Is it wrong that I most enjoyed that Christine Anderson thinks there's a man named Ethan Ghetto walking this earth who isn't a rapper? Geto is still a... more » al.balboa: seems like good reporting to me. By being civil, Hakim got the cell# of Kirton and an"I'll let you know if shes talking to anyone". They broke the s... more » joe.furmanek: Congrats Gawker. You've discovered that the Times checks its quotes before publishing. more » -
#spitzerfiles
The Spitzer Files: How TV Talking Heads Get Their Cues from Flacks
In our third installment from the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between Eliot Spitzer's flack and reporters at the height of his hooker scandal—we congratulate the reporters who actually try to learn things before they go on TV. More » -
#irony
Eliot Spitzer will deliver a lecture on ethics at Harvard's Center for Ethics this afternoon. $20 anyone who manages to utter Ashley Dupre near an open mic. -
#spitzerfiles
The Spitzer Files: Today Offers to Help Spitzer's Flack Land a Job at NBC
For our next installment of the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between flacks and reporters during Eliot Spitzer's downfall—we bring you the tale of the Today producer who offered to help a flack find a job at NBC.
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#exclusive
The Spitzer Files: How the New York Times and the Press Serviced Client No. 9
The New York Times broke the story of Eliot Spitzer's hooker habit last year, launching a PR shitstorm of epic proportions. But according to e-mail traffic we've obtained, the Times showed Spitzer's flacks extraordinary deference as the scandal unfolded. More » -
#fashions
Ashlee Dupré, Fashion Model?
Out with the whore, in with the new, for Ashlee Dupré, most known for hookering it up with Eliot Spitzer, apparently hit the runway this week at Bahar Shahpar's show yesterday. You go, call girl! -
#quoteoftheday
Eliot Spitzer's Student —Â
responding to a New York Times reporter asking about the hooker-loving former governor's first class at the City College of New York, overheard by a New York Daily News reporter also trying to gather quotes. -
#kristindavis
Scary Spitzer Madam Also Wants to Talk About Spitzer Scandal, Again
Just when you thought the New York Post had covered every possible imaginary angle of Spitzer Hooker Scandal, Round Two, you find out that they ignored the provocative take of Kristin Davis, the "Manhattan Madam!" She has things to say! More » -
#sexwars
Womankind's Imaginary Feud With Ashley Dupre
Uh oh, do you know who in make-believe land is now upset with soul singer Ashley Dupre? All the women of New Jersey and also New York! And also Andrea Peyser! More » -
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#masterplans
Ashley Dupre Prostitutes Herself for Music Career Publicity
The New York Post's plan to resurrect the Eliot Spitzer hooker scandal story is turning out fabulously. Day one was the "Spitzer comeback?" rumor. Day two was the Shocked Response. Now, day three: Ashley Dupre makes her return. Musically, too! More » -
#howtoguide
The Second Coming of the Spitzer Hooker Scandal
The Eliot Spitzer hooker scandal was—without a doubt—the biggest New York tabloid story of the year last year. Slow news this summer? The New York Post will just bring the Spitzer story back! Based on...what? More » -
#comebacks
Eliot Spitzer Still Comedy, Tabloid Gold
Eliot Spitzer may not need Twitter, because he has the NY Post keeping him in the limelight. The paper claims the former luv guv wants to run for office, but sources say it won't happen. Still, anything for that headline. -
#twitter
Seven Celebrities Who Should Get on Twitter Right Now
Twitter's all about self-promotion. This we know. MC Hammer knows that, too, and apparently has been quite successful at it, which explains why Gravity Summit invited him to keynote this week's social media conference at Harvard.
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#reconciliations
Blodget v. Spitzer: Disgraced Rich White Men Sit Down For a Chat
Henry Blodget was a famous Merrill Lynch analyst who got rich by hyping internet stocks in the 1990s until Eliot Spitzer caught him lying. Then Eliot Spitzer got caught choking hookers, and now they're hanging out on the internet together. More » -
#politics
Roger Stone Would Like to Remind You That Eliot Spitzer Slept With Hookers
Republican dirty trickster and all-around complete fucking weirdo Roger Stone likes to kinda sorta take credit for the downfall of Eliot Spitzer, and he is still doing his darndest to keep the hooker thing in the news. So let's help! More » -
#nepotism
Well Born and Well Kept at the Huffington Post
The Huffington Post just hired another VIP's child, this one the son of White House senior adviser David Axelrod. Funny how a website famous for not paying bloggers finds room on the payroll for an undistinguished corps of rich kids.
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#friendslikethese
Eliot Spitzer Doesn't Need Vanity Fair's Help (But He's Getting It Anyway)
The idea that Eliot Spitzer's downfall was engineered by the financial industry whose profits he threatened with regulation has made the rounds on the internet for a while. Now Vanity Fair is siccing two investigative reporters on the story. More » -
#endorsements
Eliot Spitzer for Shadow Prosecutor of Goldman Sachs
Eliot Spitzer always felt most comfortable as an outsider crusading against entrenched interests. He felt second-most-comfortable wearing black socks and screwing hookers bareback while choking them. Two is over, but Goldman Sachs' gluttony offers him another shot at Number One. More » -
#talkingthetalk
Eliot Spitzer Still 'Steamrolling' With Way Less To Lose
The nice thing about Eliot Spitzer's post-politics career? He's still in politics. But because he doesn't have an office to run for all the time, he's basically saying whatever he wants. Like calling the Federal Reserve a "ponzi scheme." More » -
#luvgovs
Who Is America's Other Hooker-Nailing Governor?
Sunday's Daily News featured a gossip item in which a hooker who worked for the same escort agency frequented by Eliot Spitzer claims that she serviced another sitting American governor on three occasions. Who could it be? Let's speculate recklessly!
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#history
Sanford's Presser: Instant Classic
Mark Sanford's press conference. Did you watch that performance? Wow. He just... he just kept going. How did it compare to some classic political meltdowns of the past? Favorably! More »
