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This Guy Gets Paid to Edit the Wikipedia Pages of Thin-Skinned Journalists
This Guy Gets Paid to Edit the Wikipedia Pages of Thin-Skinned Journalists

According to an extensive report from Ashley Feinberg at the Huffington Post, several media companies have at some point over the last few years hired a lawyer and part-time journalist who specializes in editing Wikipedia pages to remove the kinds of things people might not want to see on their Wikipedia pages, such as information about … Read More

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Giuliani Ally Invokes Garth Brooks Song in Denying Witness Tampering
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Garth Brooks Somehow Dragged Into Feud Between Donald Trump and Michael Cohen

Garth Brooks has now been dragged into the messy downfall of Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen. Brooks's unlikely appearance in Cohen's ongoing legal…
Maggie Serota / March 14, 2019
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Jussie Smollett Pleads Not Guilty to 16 Felonies in Alleged Hoax

Jussie Smollett returned to court on Thursday to plead not guilty to 16 felony counts of disorderly conduct. Smollett was indicted last week after Cook County prosecutors alleged he'd…
Will Gottsegen / March 14, 2019
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Fox News Salaries of Trump White House Staffers Revealed
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Here’s What Trump Administration Officials Got Paid at Fox News

White House appointees are typically required to disclose their financial assets so that the public knows that a public servant doesn't have any conflicts of…
Maggie Serota / March 13, 2019
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Mitt Romney's Birthday Candle Blowing Out Technique is Weird
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Mitt, Why Are You Like This

Freshman Utah Senator and diehard The Killers fan Mitt Romney celebrated his 72nd birthday on Tuesday with a surprise cake courtesy of his staff. The…
Maggie Serota / March 12, 2019
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Donald Trump Reminds Everyone He Called Tim Cook "Tim Apple"
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Trump Reminds Everyone He Called Tim Cook “Tim Apple”

Last Wednesday, President Trump closed out a meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board by personally thanking "Tim Apple," better known as Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Maggie Serota / March 11, 2019
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Tucker Carlson Refuses to Apologize for Misogynist Comments on Bubba the Love Sponge's Radio Show
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Tucker Carlson Refuses to Apologize for Comments About Britney Spears, Underage Girls, and Sex Workers

On Sunday evening, progressive watchdog group Media Matters published a greatest hits compilation of Tucker Carlson's numerous calls to the radio show of one Bubba…
Maggie Serota / March 11, 2019
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Former Fox News Executive Bill Shine Resigns From Trump Administration

Former Fox News co-president Bill Shine has abruptly resigned from his position as President Donald Trump's communications director. No reason was given for his departure.
Jeremy Barr, The Hollywood Reporter / March 8, 2019
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Nickelback Debate Breaks Out on House Floor
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Republican Congressman Says in House Floor Debate That Nickelback Are “One of the Greatest Bands of the ’90s”

The partisan divide between Democrats and the GOP grew even wider Thursday as two Congressmen had it out over an unforgivable policy position: the Republican's…
Maggie Serota / March 7, 2019
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Luke Perry Dead at 52
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Luke Perry, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Riverdale Star, Dies at 52

Luke Perry, actor on The CW's Riverdale and the '90s hit Beverly Hills, 90210, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. He was 52. Perry had…
Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter / March 4, 2019
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Scott Rudin Threatens to Sue Theaters who Stage 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Productions
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Hollywood Producer Threatening to Sue Small Theaters Staging To Kill a Mockingbird Productions

Stage productions of the Harper Lee classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird across the country are being shut down amid legal threats from film and…
Maggie Serota / March 1, 2019
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Netflix Drops 'Arrested Development' Season 5, Part 2 Trailer
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Netflix Releases Trailer for Arrested Development Season 5, Part 2

Netflix has released the trailer for Season 5 Part 2 of Arrested Development. The first half of the fifth season premiered last May. The subsequent press tour…
Maggie Serota / February 28, 2019
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Michael Cohen Tells Congress President Trump Thinks Don Jr. Is a Moron
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Michael Cohen Testifies That Donald Trump Thinks Don Jr. Is a Dumbass

On Wednesday morning, former Trump fixer Michael Cohen addressed the House Oversight Committee with an opening statement that included a damning section about Donald Trump's low…
Maggie Serota / February 27, 2019
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Miley Cyrus Said Donald Trump Liked Her Twerking at the VMAs
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Miley Cyrus Says Donald Trump Called Her to Say He “Loved” Her Twerking at the 2013 VMAs

In an interview for Vanity Fair's latest cover story, Miley Cyrus said that Donald Trump was a big fan of her notorious performance from the 2013 MTV VMAs, when…
Maggie Serota / February 21, 2019
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'Lorena' Amazon Prime Doc Review
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Lorena Explores the Forgotten Misogyny and Abuse at the Heart of the Bobbitt Scandal

On June 23, 1993, Lorena Bobbitt (now known as Lorena Gallo) grabbed a kitchen knife in the dead of night and severed her husband John’s…
Maggie Serota / February 19, 2019
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Empire Jussie Smollett Attack Good Morning America
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Jussie Smollett Gives First Televised Interview Since Attack

Empire's Jussie Smollett gave an interview to Good Morning America that aired this morning, marking the first television interview the actor has given since he was…
Winston Cook-Wilson / February 14, 2019
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