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Richard Johnson Won't Let Source Burn Him Twice

Last month, Page Six ran an item about a sex tape featuring Bam Margera Bam-ing the fiancee of radio shock jock Opie. Opie said the whole thing was false, and offered $100,000 to anyone who could produce the tape. A couple of weeks later the Post ran a retraction of the item—but laid the blame at the feet of Steppin' Out editor Chaunce Hayden, who they said gave them the bad info in the first place. Well Chaunce Hayden, unrepentant media whore, wouldn't let such a thing pass without turning it into a feud! And he helpfully forwarded on the snippy emails between himself and Page Six boss Richard Johnson. Watch out for flying spittle! More »

12:56 PM on Wed May 21 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
4,294 views, 24 comments

Latest by the earl grey: how was Baird Jones' memorial? Gawker never reported? I have A LOT more Bucky Jones stories gosh I knew him since 1980 or so and my cousin knew him since like 1970 more »

Rafael Cruz, the man who was taped getting slapped silly by a bunch of girls on the A train, is offsetting the loss of his dignity by pressing charges against his slappers. Cruz made an official complaint to the New York Transit Police late Monday evening. When asked why he sat there and took it, Cruz said he didn't fight back because he didn't want to hit a woman. No, of course not! But we bet you'd sure like to shake the shit out of one for putting it up on the web. [WNBC]

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taking the a train

Dude Slapped By Girls On Subway; 'Post' Sounds The Race Alarm

If you miss the A train, you'll find you've missed the quickest way to a beating, unlike this poor guy, who was tag-teamed by a group of teenage girls on the subway line last month. The Smoking Gun has the full video, which the Post snapped up into a neat little interactive race-baiting package! When the paper first posted the story, it included the detail that the victim was "a white male," without identifying the race of the the ladies laying into him. The story has since been changed—now it's a complete and total mystery as to which participant was what color. Um, unless you watch the video or something.

2:20 PM on Wed Dec 5 2007
By Maggie
24,790 views, 184 comments

Latest by kityglitr: Well, besides the evidence that these girls are obvs lesbians (I mean, who wears a do-rag besides a dude or a dyke? I'm allowed to say it cuz I'm queer, too) seems like normal teenage boredom to me. more »

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Katie Couric Is Not Totally Comfortable At CBS News

What you need to know about that interminable Katie Couric profile in this week's New York: Katie has had some second thoughts about taking the job, Katie thinks people are resistant to change, Katie understand the schadenfreude that everyone feels about her poor ratings, Katie's upset about CBS News' parsimonious budget (while fellow newsers blame the paltry amount of funding on the fact that most of the money is going to Katie), the 2008 election will make or break Katie's anchor career. Also, she once beat a news editor to death with a tire iron because he put the word "sputum" in her broadcast? One more thing: New York magazine will let Joe Hagan write as many words as he wants. And that's the way it is.

Alas, Poor Couric [NYM]
[Image: Getty]

9:40 AM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By abalk
1,662 views, 17 comments

Latest by clandestino: havent they learned anything from marie claire. covers that look like that do not sell. she looks like a VD ad. more »