Archive for the 'James Frey' Category
Laziness To Take Time Off?
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006The New York Observer points out this morning that the trend of shocking (read: not real) trend stories might be running out of steam. This leaves the time honored tradition of journalists making the news in their own head and justifying it with three boilerplate quotes and one wiiiiiiiiiiild anecdote, well, less trendy.
So goodbye “The […]
James Frey Is Not Popular
Monday, August 21st, 2006The commenters at Deadspin.com are quickly becoming mandatory internet reading. They kind of remind me of the Ain’t It Cool News talkbackers if you switched a love/hate relationship for Matt Damon with a love/hate relationship for Johnny Damon. A loose confederation of them even started their own popular NFL blog, Kissing Suzy Kolber, which has […]
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Critical Acclaim:
"The only people who call me 'Tommy' are my godmother and the mothers of girls I went to middle school with. And they do it with love."
— Tom Scocca, New York Observer
— Tom Scocca, New York Observer
"I be laughin', youngblood. It is still all about the fun."
— J. Michael Robertson, Media Studies Department, University of San Francisco
— J. Michael Robertson, Media Studies Department, University of San Francisco
"This Media Bitchfest is a rant worth reading. Informative, funny, and well written. I want to put Justin Young on my ipod and dance to his looney tunes. Very entertaining."
— Shelly Smith, Comedienne of The Brothel
— Shelly Smith, Comedienne of The Brothel
"Hey, your blog isn't shitty."
— Will Leitch, Deadspin.com
— Will Leitch, Deadspin.com
"[Y]ou belong in an asshole lab, where scientists can study the exact nature and cause of your infantile stupidity so that it may never again annoy the rest of humankind."
— mute_everything, MBF Commenter
— mute_everything, MBF Commenter
