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lobstr
01/05/09

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jesus christ, you whiners... Owen's post is relevant in the fact that, if not enterprising scheming children, there will be asshole rich parents who might stick their kids into that school in the hopes they will be hobnobbing with a president's child, perhaps leading to White House sleepovers and the like -- for their own networking gain. In this retarded TMZ-like media-age of celeb obsession someone out there will likely try using the school to get close to the kids for whatever reason -- it's a valid concern.

But aside from that little theory ;) I say to all the haters, get a freaking sense of humor. There's a reason the snark is legendary here and it's because the writers are funny.. The post was funny. I didn't know people came here with expectations of moral high-ground journalism.

k, back to the cocoa puffs...
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
01/05/09

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Not to sound like a persnickety SOB, but is "delusionally" really a word? I like a good adverb as much the next man, but it just reads funny.
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SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley
01/05/09

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I think it's insane that Owen is getting so much backlash for this. He didnt *invent* the dirty game of stalking, err, uhmm... 'reporting' on the goings on of celebrity children. In fact, I BELIEVE he's simply making a commentary on said insanity (dont mean to misrepresent if thats not the case).

He's just playing by the rules, albeit fucked up, that are already well established. Don't shoot the messenger, right?
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contradicto
01/05/09

@SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLal...: But I think it has been said before that the press is pretty hands off when it comes to presidential kids. Hell I went to college with Jenna Bush and the crap that she did that didn't make the press is pretty astounding.

The fact of the matter is there is no precedent or support for his argument which makes for an incredibly lazy post. That's not what I expect around here.
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kcs
01/04/09

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Everyone needs to lighten up a little bit. Apparently some commenters have an ax to grind over the coverage of Travolta's death.

It's seems clear to me that Owen's tone is "tongue and cheek" so to speak.
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
01/04/09

@kcs: I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought planting a junior informant was funny, then took it in the manner it was intended. things are FROSTY around here lately - it's like the Fing donner party, people are eating each other alive
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phlox✔
01/04/09

@Monsignor Xtravagante D'ouchestache:
Frosty, glum, overearnest, overwrought, underwhelming and free of any sort of humor or humour.
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karion
01/04/09

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Hell, Owen, I tried to defend the Scientology-Travolta posts, but this is a little too Valleywag/completely unfounded speculation bullshit.

I am hanging on by a little thread named Pareene.
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Fishnets and Cigarettes
01/04/09

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Owen, your theories belong at the News of the World. Whatever you're drinking, I suggest you get help for it.

This is insanity.
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Hydroceph
01/04/09

@Fishnets and Cigarettes: Get help for it? Hell, me haz sharesies now?
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Monkeyrash
01/04/09

@Fishnets and Cigarettes: Well, we could have Carnevale back and watch SNL clips all weekend.
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contradicto
01/04/09

@Monkeyrash: Yeah what happened to him?
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Monkeyrash
01/04/09

@contradicto: Gone quietly into the night, I guess. I honestly don't know.
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contradicto
01/04/09

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Where's the tag for "Lazy Journalism"? This is all baseless conjecture (much like the Scientology posts that have scattered this place over the weekend) and there is not even a funny-ha-ha. No offense, Owen, but Sheila was let go over this?

Besides, I thought you were strictly on the Valleywag beat?
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Hydroceph
01/04/09

@contradicto: Owen's been posting all kinds of salacious things lately. It's the new, sassier Owen for 2009. Betcha he's got a spankin' new hair cut to go with it.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
01/04/09

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i visited sidewell friends back in the day, to see a hoops game that a friend's kid was playing in: the crowd was friendly in that sealed tighter than an eel's butt way of old old old money and high high high status

i am seriously hoping there's enough class in the joint to keep the O kids safe and private. i really don't want to read about little kids having timeouts; that's nobody's business but their family and their school.

my kid goes to a third tier private school, and i can tell you that despite the overall gossipy insanity, there is a strong understanding of inside vs outside.
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ClearAirTurbulence
01/04/09

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Bring back Spiegelman.
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lululemming
01/04/09

@ClearAirTurbulence: Lord. Bring back Nick Douglas over this crap.*

*note: please do not bring back Nick Douglas
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
01/04/09

@ClearAirTurbulence: ian!
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eatsshootsleaves
01/04/09

@ClearAirTurbulence: I really enjoyed ian spiegelman... I have no idea why they let him go. His version of Weekend Gawker was by far the best, he was funny, his posts got lots of responses.
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lululemming
01/04/09

@eatsshootsleaves: I don't think they let him go so much as their business practices so revolted Ian that he quit.
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eatsshootsleaves
01/04/09

@lululemming: That makes more sense. I do wish he'd come back, though... he actually made the site likable, which is so rare nowadays. I like it when the site doesn't take itself so fucking seriously, and when it finds things to enjoy and revel in. When it's fun instead of cynical. Actually, I don't mind cynicism -- I do mind perfunctory cynicism, the kind of cynicism that can lead someone to post something like this based on no facts, no news, nothing. When Moe and Sheila and Ian wrote about something, they wrote about SOMETHING.

Meh, at least bring back "One More Thing," for Christ's sake.
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Mediokra
01/04/09

@ClearAirTurbulence: YES. Holy fuck do I miss Spiegelman.
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Pope John Peeps II
01/04/09

@ClearAirTurbulence: A one trick pony is nice. Until you get bored of his trick.
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TinkishDelight
01/04/09

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*sigh* oh, Ian

This is such a slapped together, last minute non-story. Is this the new direction for the recession friendly Gawker?
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Trixie from Toronto
01/04/09

@TinkishDelight: Who's Ian?
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Hydroceph
01/04/09

@Trixie from Toronto: Prolly means Owen.
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DaveJ
01/04/09

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This post is lower than the Heath Ledger stuff...Gawker should just shut down if they can't come up with better content. It's not good.

Responsible media?

Any clue?
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Hydroceph
01/04/09

@DaveJ: I'm all for responsibility in the media, but this is Gawker. C'mon, you want responsibility, go read Glen Greenwald at Salon. He oozes responsibility. You want responsibility, go read the Economist.
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eatsshootsleaves
01/04/09

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What a disgusting idea. Hope the folks at the National Enquirer don't read Gawker.
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Fishnets and Cigarettes
01/04/09

@eatsshootsleaves: The tabloids and the mainstream media have always respected the privacy of presidential (and royal) children and, for the most part, celebrity kids.

Owen is out of his mind.
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BookishLookish
01/04/09

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Owen, you are starting to work my last good Jewish nerve.
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Lysergic Asset
01/04/09

@BookishLookish: Wow, I didn't know that nerves could get religion.
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BookishLookish
01/04/09

@Lysergic Asset: Please note, a Jewish nerve is extremely tolerant.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
01/04/09

@BookishLookish: jew, too?
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BookishLookish
01/05/09

@if_i_only_had_a_heart: Jes.
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bananaballs
01/04/09

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Usually private schools, such as this one, are home to the children of very wealthy families. I sincerely doubt that any of these kids could be easily wooed by "milk money."
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jbwan
01/04/09

@bananaballs: right. it would need to be "probiotic omega 3 enhanced, organic milk" money.
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lobstr
01/05/09

@jbwan: I was thinking a crystalline decanter of Remy VSOP...
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surgeofthefeet
01/04/09

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What are you some sort of assmachine? Seriously, a plant at an exclusive private school? I know that the economy is bad but you didn't have to fire your frontal lobe. Eat more pasta. It's BRAIN FOOD.
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Laurent Fignewton
01/04/09

@surgeofthefeet:

I'm known in my social circle as an assmachine. It's a title that I take seriously and am quite proud of.
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
01/05/09

@Laurent Fignewton:

Too many good American workers are being replaced by ruthlessly efficient assmachines.
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