Let the fur fly. The
New York Post's Page Six is the latest pillar of the
'Forth' Estate to take heavy damage from scandal. Like the Judy Miller fiasco of 2005, except with virtually zero ramifications upon things that actually matter,
no one looks good here. The tawdry gist: Billionaire Sleaze-Bag
set up Gossip Freelancer Sleaze-Bag -- who supposedly was offering to trade positive Page Six coverage for money. The Gossip Sleaze-Bag is probably screwed, but now the other wolves are
going in for theirs and (seeing a chance to rally, somewhat, around their own) it's the Billionaire Sleaze-Bag that they'd most like to get a piece of.
The part about this that makes it all a Robert-Downey-Jr-movie-waiting-to-happen is that the story broke on the
eve of Page Six editor Richard Johnson's wedding.
Ah, yes. That's the stuff.
posted by snortlebort
on Apr 10, 2006 -
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NY Post Go$$ip Writer 4 $ale! The New York Daily News is reporting that Jared Paul Stern, a prominent New York Post gossip writer, attempted to extort over $220,000 from a frequent target of the oh-so-classy
Page Six column in exchange for "protection" against "inaccurate and unflattering items." If we can't trust our gossip columnists, who can we trust? (via
Fark)
posted by UKnowForKids
on Apr 7, 2006 -
22 comments
