On Reporter John Cook Leaving Gawker
Apparently Yahoo was in need of someone who knows how to file a FOIA request.
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On Arguments In Favor Of The Ivy League
Yeah, RISD is the crucible of lower-middle class achievement. And also it's a public school. Just like the Kent school.
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On Welcome Back, Squeaky!
It wasn't unloaded. There was just no bullet in the chamber, so it wouldn't have fired without being cocked.
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On Boner-Inspiring Aussie Bigot Spreads Prejudice, Boners
Amazing.
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On Maureen Dowd's Tiny Error
This strikes me as a little credulous, Choire. I think since the language is so similar, and so written-sounding, she would have gone to pains to say it was emailed rather than uttered. There is no way that paragraphs would just fall from someone's mouth in conversation. I think what's more likely is that she was trolling around for info/ideas, cut and pasted this into some kind of draft doc, etc. and somehow forgot or something. (The alternative being that she's just dumb enough to think that no one would notice a line lifted from such source, which, regardless of what I think of Dowd, I don't think she's stupid in that way.) This is perfectly understandable, to an extent, but imagine she had to explain the process honestly: "So, I basically read some other places' stuff and cut, paste, rephrase where necessary, and Violà!â€"with a few funny riffs on people's names and clothes thrown in for the sake of maintaining the brand."
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On OMG Dan Baum Doing Storytime On Twitter
Is he drinking in the afternoon, or something? This is magic.
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On Brave New Future Of Blogs Explained In Gawker Promo Vid
If this comment is tongue-in-cheek, it may be one of the best ever.
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On Last Night: PEN Gala, Hole
Next time I see these two at a party, I think it would be fun to submit a metacommentary to be published as an appendix.