oct 15
2007
Bile
NY Mag's take-down of Gawker: Everybody Sucks. And Denton's response: The Long and Illustrious History of Bile. Follow-ups from: Anil and Rachel and Neal.
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Man that NYMag pieces sucks. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Seriously, tho, not that Gawker is unassailable, but this -- and Kimmel sitting in for fucking Larry King -- isn't the way to do it.
posted by taylor at 2007-10-15 11:02:49 
Okay, what sucks about it? <br /><br /> <br /><br /> I like the quotes. I'm continuously impressed with how much Choire gets away with. And Moe's quote is mint: "Discretion is how I didn't figure out how to come until I was 24 years old."
posted by Rex at 2007-10-15 14:00:17
And this one:<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <em> Are there going to be a lot of bloggers there? his boyfriend asks, and Denton nods. He sighs.</em><br /><br /> <br /><br /> Writing a profile piece on Gawker that's just like longer, less toothy take-down piece from Gawker? C'mon.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <em>"Next, she was hired by Star magazine as an editor-at-large. She doesnt actually write anything, though. Her job is to go on TV and pretend that she works at Star."</em> <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Howabout a little more than one paragraph on the decline of NY's print and visual media in the seven pages on name dropping?
posted by taylor at 2007-10-15 20:58:14
Thanks for cataloging the responses. I found that article deeply fascinating. When the page loaded with 7 "next page" links I initially groaned and thought "7 pages about gawker?" By the end I was like "why not fourteen?"
posted by josh at 2007-10-17 12:17:17
