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Friday, July 10, 2009
Flotsam & Jetsam

Nick Kristof Is An Honest Man

3:56AM Hamilton Nolan | In your commendable Thursday media column: Nick Kristof is the perfect columnist except for his writing, the NYT acknowledges its photo scandal, USA Today teaches us how to write a story that adds up to zero, and Lenny Dykstra’s bankrupt. More »
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Saturday, May 3, 2008

Despite Appearances, Drunken Lindsay Lohan Not Actually Shilling For Liquor Industry

9:55AM Defamer Hollywood | Seemingly no day this week would be complete without the unauthorized use of a celebrity to further a lesser entity’s cause. First we had Uwe Boll borrowing Michael Bay to pimp his new film, and not 24 hours later, the American Beverage Institute placed a full-page ad in USA Today featuring Lindsay Lohan as the poster child — literally — for drunken driving. Arguing against laws that would require “ignition interlocks” — or built-in breathalyzers — in every new vehicle off the assembly line, the ABI’s ad uses Lohan’s mugshot to suggest the starlet’s soggy transgressions shouldn’t hurt the nice folks who don’t mind a happy-hour nip or eight. Within hours, Lohan’s lawyer was venting to TMZ:
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