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Friday Gras: Today's Fat Tabloid Stories

Unfortunately, fat is one of the last acceptable things to openly mock in our society, and the Post takes full advantage of this offensive quirk. The front page touts the bizarre story of a murder suspect in Oregon who agreed to a life sentence in ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  8 Aug 2008

BINGO!: Brett Favre is Now a Jet!

"Here is how big Brett Favre is: We are 12 hours ahead of you here, and there are thousands of athletes representing dozens of nations and there is swimming on the horizon and basketball around the corner and all kinds of track and all kinds of ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  7 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Brett Favre,  Chad Pennington,  Eli Manning

Anthrax (Not the Band): Is the Case Really Closed?

The Justice Department yesterday announced that Dr. Bruce Ivins, the scientist who killed himself last week when he learned the feds were closing in on him, was the only suspect in the 2001 anthrax mailings. The Post devotes four pages in the news ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  7 Aug 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  Richard Jewell,  Wen Ho Lee,  Steven Hatfill

Paris Hilton + Politics = Hilarious

The Daily News took the bait and put the response on its front page. The synopsis of the video is in the news section on page 5, under a cute picture of a little girl at the Bronx Zoo watching the gorillas and a story about Paul McCartney's new song ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  6 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Paris Hilton,  John McCain,  Paul McCartney,  Tift Merritt

Is This the Final Day of Clark Rockefeller/Snooks Coverage?

Clark Rockefeller's appearance in court in Baltimore yesterday did not garner any front-page headlines in either paper, but both tabloids did cover the most recent events. Both papers looked at the story from the angle of how Rockefeller swindled his ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  5 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Tift Merritt

Getting the MTA's Goat at the Verrazano Bridge

"'The goats were taken into custody and turned over to the Army once it was determined not to be illegal aliens or agents of terror,' said a source." The Daily News has an exclusive on "BAAAAD SECURITY" around the Verrazano Bridge. A few ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  5 Aug 2008

Back Page Bingo: "GOOD RIDDANCE" to Manny Ramirez

In one of those delicious ironies that sports gives you sometimes on a day like this, he goes to Los Angeles to play for Joe Torre, who was in the other dugout when the Red Sox were coming back on the Yankees the way they did in October '04, ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  1 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Boston Red Sox,  Manny Ramirez,  New York Yankees,  Joe Torre,  Derek Jeter

Roamin' Holiday: More on Clark Rockefeller

The search continues for Clark Rockefeller (or "Rockefaker," the Flintstones-esque nickname given him by the Post) and his daughter, Reigh "Snooks" Boss. Sightings of the pair are popping up all over, as is wont to happen with such a big story. One ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  31 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Boston Red Sox,  Jean-Georges Vongerichten

The Tales of Two Rodriguezes: Ivan and Alex Make Headlines for the Yankees

"'Husband admits and acknowledges that wife is a loving and nurturing mother,' the papers say. 'Husband is confident that he and wife will be able to continue to work with one another to co-parent their children together and that they will be ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  31 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Alex Rodriguez,  Cynthia Rodriguez,  New York Yankees,  Kyle Farnsworth,  Detroit Tigers

The Biggest Little News Stories: Fat Cats and Big Ass Fans

"Our name came from people looking up and seeing the fan and saying, 'That's a big-ass fan,'" Lauritzen said. When I first glanced at the Post this morning, the "Pussy galore!" headline made me instantly think "Ewww," until I saw the ...

From HEATHER MUSE, Village Voice,  30 Jul 2008

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