Right now, the image coming out of places like the Guardian and Wired is that the four Pirate Bay defendants are young, anti-establishment innovators out to stick it to The Man. Except… one of them is a neo-Nazi. The Register’s Andrew Orloski, drawing on information provided by author Andrew Brown, points out that one of the four defendants—Carl Lundström, who allegedly has a 40% stake in the site—kinda doesn’t like immigrants too much. MORE »
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The Pirate Bay Has A Neo-Nazi In Its Closet
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‘Stranger’ Scribe Busted For Being Pseudonymrod
Today’s even chillier in Seattle, where Stranger music editor Dave Segal has left the paper after an investigation revealed that he’d invited Stranger club advertising coordinator Bailee Martin to contribute to the paper’s blog, and later its listings section, under the pseudonym “Keenan Bowen.” A note from Stranger editor Dan Savage said that an initial investigation hadn’t turned up any blatant shilling for advertisers, although he did note that the obvious conflict of interest “tainted” all of Bailee’s/”Keenan’s” writings.
Savage added in his note that articles by “Keenan”–including the Blood Brothers piece touted on this week’s cover–had been removed from the paper’s Web site, although a few of “Keenan’s” blog posts are still lurking in the archives. Click quickly, or else you might miss the bon mots we’ve placed after the jump.
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A Wacky Headline Not Even Leno Would Touch
EDITOR 1: I don’t know about this headline. It just doesn’t read right.EDITOR 2: Hmm-hmm. Something’s not working.EDITOR 1: I know! How about if we get an “AM” in there? That way people will know this happened in the morning!EDITOR 2: Works for me. Run it! MORE »
