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really, really gullible

Meg White's So-Called Sex Tape Gives Hacky Bloggers Yet Another Reason To Use The Phrase "Icky Thump"

Since today seems to be a slow enough news day that people will believe almost anything, let's turn to the case of the alleged "Meg White sex tape," which has been burning up Google since news of it first surfaced over the weekend. I watched it and am pretty unconvinced of its veracity—the necklace she's wearing is of the letter "D," the images are worse-than-webcam blurry, the whole thing seems to be set in a dorm room—but then again, my vision kind of sucks. (UPDATE: Meg's publicist is saying that it definitely isn't her in the tape.) So I turned to an ad hoc panel of semi-experts—a.k.a. "writers who are on IM right now"—and got their take (anyone who used the old "well that girl had rhythm so it had to be fake" chestnut was summarily deleted from my buddy list): More »

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What Exactly Is Coming Out Of Hannah Montana's Womb?

Answer: A lot of hot air. Because bloggers be gullible/have never heard of photo editing software, many apparently don't realize that a teen mag like J-14 is never going to "out" Miley Cyrus as being knocked up with some nameless dude's love child. Even though there's a blurry, retouched photo going around that looks like it was taken directly from the magazine: More »