conspiracy theories
People
Levi Johnston: Sad, Sorry, Suing For Custody Of His Son
7:45AM Foster Kamer | UK Guardian reporter Ed Pilkington went to Anchorage to interview the 19-year-old babydaddy of Tripp Palin, Levi Johnston. There’s audio and some fairly interesting insight from Johnston on the Palin family and his Vanity Fair article, which was “retaliation”. More »
Online
Is Twitter Conspiring With Celebrities To Delete Your Mean Tweets?
3:29AM Ryan Tate | Blogger Mickey Kaus likes to send nastygrams to famous people, on Twitter, when the mood strikes him. And yet these messages sometimes disappear from Twitter search, despite the microblogging service’s well-established technical competence. Mere coincidence — ha! — or conspiracy? More »
Small Screen
Charlie Sheen’s Fantasy 9/11 Truther Grilling Of The President
6:13AM Richard Rushfield | What do celebrities dream of? If you’re Charlie Sheen and Heidi Fleiss’ been out of business for decades, your fantasies likely revolve around interviewing President Obama and nailing him to the floor over the Pentagon’s secret role in 9/11. More »
People
Michael Jackson Lives! (Seriously, People Believe This?)
1:18PM Andrew Belonsky | People are stupid. Pure and simple. Take, for example, rumours circulating that Michael Jackson, like Tupac and Elvis, still walks among us. Why would people believe such an outlandish thing? Again: they’re stupid. And then there’s this… More »
Online
We Think Rupert Murdoch’s Bluffing On His Pay-Wall Pledge
2:03AM Ryan Tate | Rupert Murdoch promises his News Corp. publications will charge for content by next year. Media entrepreneur, Steven Brill, swears he has hundreds of newspapers signed up to do likewise. Who wants to be the first to follow these sharks into the pool? More »
Online
Is Twitter Under Attack From Russia?
5:45AM Ryan Tate | Twitter continues to be flaky today. Par for the course on the overcrowded microblogging service, right? But Twitter claims it is the victim of elaborate hack attacks that “appear to have been geopolitical in motivation.” That’s actually true! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Create Your Own Kenyan Birth Certificates And Save!
6:15AM Pareene | Awesome news, everyone: You can make anyone you want be born anywhere you want, in case you need to prove that your boss is not A Natural Born Citizen or something. [Republic of Kenya Birth Certificate Generator via The Awl]
People
Jon Gosselin’s Reporter-Girlfriend Resigns
3:17AM Hamilton Nolan | This has the suspicious whiff of a setup: Star reporter Kate Major and Octo-dad Jon Gosselin very publicly become an “item.” Star trumpets this fact in a press release. Hours later, Kate Major resigns. Why? More »
People
‘Those Racist Assholes Killed Him’: MJ’s Death Considered In Harlem
12:56AM Gabriel Snyder | Harlem, especially the Apollo, is the media’s unofficial spot to get Black America’s reaction to Michael Jackson’s death. Matt Harvey dropped by last Friday and listened in on a conversation that was full of adoration and, yes, angry conjecture. More »
