Please smack the two kids CNN just interviewed in TImes Square. The first (“Patrick works at the Times Square TKTS booth,”) for declaring himself personally frightened by the successive and entirely predictable deaths of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and now Michael Jackson. Also for realizing too late that bemoaning the loss of (hand over heart no less) “Such a great man, that I grew up with,” might be misinterpreted by the national audience. Second guy for being a journalist willing to give an interview to another journalist about a subject upon which he is in no particular way qualified to speak, apart from happening to belong to the age cohort the correspondent was looking for. Oh, and managing to get both “y’know” and “like” in during his 14 seconds on a major network.
CNN, You Jackasses; Give TMZ Some Effing PROPS.
Or at least don’t completely ignore them—and all the many many other news sources who’ve confirmed their scoop on MIchael Jackson’s death. Oh, and it appears the King of Pop’s departure has also finished off the LATimes website. TMZ? Working like a charm, people!
soupsoup:
However, it still refers to the TMZ report.
“There was no official confirmation of the reported death and spokespersons for Jackson could not be reached for comment.”
Dude I Know: so i was reading this month’s GQ…
Dude I Know: and there was an article up front
Maggie Shnayerson: snort
Maggie Shnayerson: go on, go on, pardon me
Dude I Know: that i started reading
Dude I Know: and i’m a paragraph or two in and thinking to myself… god, what a douchebag who wrote this
Maggie Shnayerson: i’m already laughing
Dude I Know: it was about a guy who lost interest in a girl because she was wearing jeans from two seasons ago
Dude I Know: so i look to see who wrote it…
Maggie Shnayerson: Someone gay?
Dude I Know: drum roll…
Dude I Know: neel shah
Maggie Shnayerson: HAHAAA
Thus far, you have yet to send me a ‘Breaking News’ alert regarding the dissolution of the ten-year marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin.
I appreciate that thoughtfulness.
Don’t you dare fuck it up at the top of the hour.
Love, Maggie
There’s just no way that anyone in the audience at the Tonys tonight didn’t instinctively go—“Doooooogie!”—when the ceremony’s fabulously hilarious host Neil Patrick Harris strolled to the mic.