Before the collapse of the economy and the loss of thousands of jobs in New York, there was a time when a lone, well-dressed but overdrawn young woman captivated the world with her plucky tale of credit card debt and savvy Internet self-marketing. We’re referring, of course, to savekaryn.com, the Web site launched Read More
Sorry for the delay in posting — I’m trying to straighten out a couple of minor technical issues.
In the meantime, here’s something to keep you busy: it’s that famous Chris Lyon-authored, self-commissioned oppo research report on Rudy Giuliani, posted by The Smoking Gun. (It’s the same report that Wayne Barrett got a Read More
The culture of public shame got a nice massage this week with the publication of The Smoking Gun’s newest tome, The Dog Dialed 911. How dare the document-driven reporters issue a new book (on shelves in two weeks!). Have they not thought yet to respond to the attack by novelist Rick Moody Read More
The Smoking Gun has a document listing John Kerry’s travel requrements, which play exactly to the stereotype. Teresa apparently prefers chevre.
On today’s live Oprah Winfrey show, Ms. Winfrey apologized to her audience and to readers of her book club.
“I apologize, I was wrong,” Ms. Winfrey said, about her support of author James Frey. The Smoking Gun released an investigation of disputed facts in Mr. Frey’s memoir, A Million Little Pieces, earlier this Read More
A young woman named Lucy Diamonds, a rapper, claims that she’s being persecuted by Oprah Winfrey. (The Transom sometimes feels that way as well!) Ms. Diamonds’ claim, as reported by Radar, is that Oprah even went so far as to squelch a distribution deal between the rapper and iTunes, because Ms. Winfrey was Read More
