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more about #pointcounterpoint more comments → Dominant Glee Club: I got three paragraphs in before the lack of proofreading gave me what Taylor Swift would probably call "the spins." Repartee: 9.5 Points Made: 7.0 ... more » Cunning_Linguist: Aaaaaaaand I'm still gonna buy his CDs. more » BlinkyMcChuck: Kanye's fans love Kanye more than ever, Swift's fans likewise, Beyonce, likewise. I say it's a fix. Point Moylan. Rushfield, you are the naif here, cl... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Hmm.. maybe the only one who knew the plan was K-Suck and the production people. Would explain salty Swiftian tears and gen-u-wine surprise. Anywho,... more » Tuscadero: Evidence for staged: Beyonce and Taylor's matching red dresses. Kanye on Leno tonight, booked pre VMAs Evidence against: Taylor's reaction Is it poss... more » DahlELama: Moylan, I love you, but I'm on team Rushfield with this one. more » PaisleyPajamas: Crikey! Where does someone have to go to see what happened? YouTube has nuttin'. more » gladys_kravitz: Alll I know is those awards were blocking traffic yesterday morning with their little concert on top of the Radio City marquee and it was highly annoy... more » GooberSaysHey: Dude, if anybody set this up, it was Jay Leno. more » Paul_Is_Drunk: Even if it is fake, which I'm open to the idea, the whole thing couldn't have been worse timing. The "I'm not racist, but Obama's a Kenyan Muslim w... more » blamenotmylute: As someone who was at the VMAs & in the pit where I could see offstage, there was no need for the "acting" or Taylor legitimately crying & being hugge... more » MisterHippity: There's no fiction going on here ... Kanye West really is a dick. And Taylor Swift's song/video really does suck. IT'S ALL TRUE. more » sweetpickles: Can you people stop doing Kanye West favors and writing about this? If it was staged or not--and even if he was right in pointing out the stronger vid... more » Magister: In her post-event press, she says "I was excited to be onstage because I just won the award. And then I was excited that Kanye West was onstage." So, ... more » CaptainFantastic: Most people don't care one way or another and have moved on from both this "incident" and Mtv. more » -
#thegreatdebate
Was the Kanye West-Taylor Swift Moment Staged?
When Guest of a Guest speculated that last night's Kanye West-Taylor Swift incident at the VMAs was scripted it sent a shockwave through Gawker HQ. Brian Moylan thinks it's fake and Richard Rushfield thinks it's real. Punches are being thrown!
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Advertising: Dramatic, Dumb
A new documentary called Art & Copy —opening this week—showcases the origins of America's most famous ad slogans. It's from the "Drama, Power, Persuasion" school of advertising industry portrayal. In Australia, there's an example of the other school: More » -
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Why We Are Hopeful and Hopeless About Health Care Reform
Barack Obama backing off (or maybe not?) the public option is either the death of health care reform or yet another of this month's distractions from what is actually still a very viable bill. We lay out both cases, below. More » -
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Obama Not Being Trotsky in Disguise: Good or Bad?
The Times Magazine had a good story by Matt Bai (who's always annoyed us and we don't even really know why) about how Obama's philosophy of government is all about, in Rahm Emanuel's phrase, "the art of the possible." More » -
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Racist Republican Hicks in Documentaries: Still Important?
Alexandra Pelosi—daughter of Fancy Nancy Pelosi, Democratic big shot—has a new documentary out today about why Republicans feel so hurt, by Obama. Point: it reportedly sucks. Counterpoint: but it shows funny Republican hicks! More » -
