Today's New Yorker story—which is subscription-only—will make you feel bad about both celebrity and philanthropy!

Patrizia D'Addario, the hooker at the center of the "Silvio Berlusconi fucks hookers" scandal, appeared last night on Italian state television to detail her side of the story. She said very little that hadn't been said before-Berlusconi knew she was a prostitute, he asked her to spend the night, he suggested he might put her on one of his TV shows, she felt like she was in a harem, etc.-but this part is somewhat important.

THIS IS THE PERFECT TREND STORY! This is IT. It is about how young gay men are "increasingly" (!!!) becoming "sugar babies" to pay for college! Let us break down how it works!

• "Kirk is hardly alone in his decision to sell sex in order to pay for school." (Just alone so far in this story but hey, we get more anecdotes later!)

• "An increasing number of gay male students"

• "In addition to a lackluster job market"

• "While young gay men exchanging sex for money certainly predated the financial collapse"

I have never paid one lira, one euro for sexual favours. I say this also because, for those who love to conquer, the joy and the most beautiful satisfaction is in the conquest. If you have to pay, I ask you, what joy is there?

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi once again denies that he has paid women for sex (which isn't actually the issue, since someone else paid for them.) The Daily Mail's coverage of this comment notes that Berlusconi delivered his poetic remarks "as an expressionless Spanish counterpart looked on." I can imagine! Also, Gianpaolo Tarantini, the businessmen who claims to have procured a large [...]

There are hookers on the Internet! Sex hookers! And you can find them on Craigslist, even though Craigslist promised that they would shoo away all the sex hookers after a similar expose by the intrepid reporters of NBC last year. It's STILL HAPPENING! Hookers! On the Internet! Who will do the sex to you for money! Amazing! Let's remember this story the next time someone starts complaining about how useless the mainstream media is: These guys blew the lid off the sex hooker racket.

Italian businessman Gianpaolo Tarantini has told investigators that, in an attempt to gain influence with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, he arranged for approximately 30 women to appear at the premier's parties and provide sex if necessary.