A while back, I put up a post about Nicole Kidman making a fool of herself in public. Petty, I know, but Nicole has to expect that kind of thing after she goes off and gets married without even responding to my numerous calls and letters. Well, it turns out the Daily Record in Scotland, which originally published the story, was engaging in a practice journalists call “making shit up,â€? and on Monday the paper admitted as much.
There’s a twofold lesson here. First: listen to Celebitchy, who knew this story didn’t pass the smell test. Second: never, ever believe anything written in the British press. After this incident, I suspect that in real life Pete Doherty is actually a perfectly steady character. Sort of a musically gifted version of Cal Ripken.
(H/t to A Socialite’s Life.)
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Cal Ripken is on line 1. Wants to show you his bat, up close and personal. Unless you apologize, of course, and admit that you have brocoli in your socks, and you hear voices and do their bidding.
Read the exciting truth about my voices and what they tell me to put in my socks in tomorrow’s Daily Record!
never, ever believe anything written in the British press
Say it, sister
Unfortunately, I’m ashamed to say that the Daily Record (or the Daily Shite as it’s commonly called here), is Scottish through and through.
But the comment still holds true: honest journalism isn’t something the British Red Tops do very well
Hey thanks for remembering.
I have caught the British press, I think it originated in The Sun, making up quotes by someone I actually knew personally. My aunt’s best friend runs “Buff Brides,” and the British Press made up quotes by her and claimed she was working with Katie Holmes. The trainer assured me she never said any such thing and had never been contacted by Katie. I still use their news when I can, but it’s pretty suspect. I realize this news is supposedly Scottish, but they seem to have the same ethics.
The US Press isn’t much better, but they don’t usually make up quotes by celebrities where they could get caught, just quotes by celebrity “friends” or “insiders” or people who work in the cube next door to the writer.
ya think celebs really mind?
even bad press is good press when the alternative is no press.
Errrrr, Rathergate, anyone?
The British press is godawful, admittedly, but they do NOT have a monopoly on making shit up.