http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png http://gawker.com/tag/webbys http://gawker.com/tag/webbys Hey, lazy Reuters hack: there is nothing "top" about the Webbys. Most of the awards—"the Oscars of the Internet" says the wire's Paul Thomasch—are bought by contestants, who are charged application and attendance fees. A few categories are reserved for celebrities who have to be bribed to pick up their statues. But maybe I shouldn't be so dismissive: this scam still generates coverage from wire-service stenographers like you.

]]> Gawker-5007976 Tue, 06 May 2008 12:21:24 EDT Nick Denton http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5007976&view=rss&microfeed=true