Slog - Comments on The New York Press Thing

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:47:05 -0800

...hmmm.

Comment by Burgin99

Burgin99 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:54:24 -0800

What a scandal of epic proportions! I certainly hope we're kept up to date on every new development here!

Comment by patrick

patrick — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:55:27 -0800

its nice to be talked about, isn't it?

Comment by w7ngman

w7ngman — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:56:58 -0800

How unimaginative do you have to be to overlook a) making up questions or at least b) taking the premise of the Savage Love questions and rewriting them?

Seriously.

Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty

Fifty-Two-Eighty — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:57:47 -0800

Yep, you definitely have the best perv readers in the country. So instead of bitching about the eight million emails a day you get, you should be grateful for those people - they're the reason why you're making the big bucks.

Comment by konstantConsumer

konstantConsumer — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:59:33 -0800

well maybe i'll just write you an email, then get it answered by both you and that bitch!

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:06:09 -0800

See? I don't hang around The Big Blog just so I can send that dreamy Monica Guzman mash notes. I'd have had to wait all day before this news showed up on the Slog.

Comment by Mary T

Mary T — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:22:33 -0800

"Lonow was "unaware that using questions from Savage's column was a breach of journalism ethics," reads the statement from editor David Blum."

WHAT?! Seriously? She was "unaware"? I mean that just seems like common sense to me.

Comment by SlogWorthy

SlogWorthy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:23:10 -0800

More dicks. More dicks. Dan needs more dicks.

Comment by Natalie

Natalie — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:24:37 -0800

@ this (already dead) issue, har har.

@ the graphic: I'm sure I'm not the only person who'd pay good money to see a cartoon of YOU naked on a giant honeymoon ottoman rolling in your own filthy letters. Maybe it could be a Strangercrombie 2008 entry??

Comment by Dan is #1!!

Dan is #1!! — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:25:01 -0800

What I think is funny is that something similar to this happened last year and nobody seemed to have noticed. (Probably because nobody reads that paper) At least this lady had the decency to resign.

Comment by subwlf

subwlf — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:25:29 -0800

#9 NO!NO! MEEEEEEEEE!

Comment by Y.F.

Y.F. — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:38:41 -0800

Is NOTHING sacred!?

psst. i just plagarized that from a Jezebel commenter. he, he, he, he, heeeeeeeeeeeee!

Comment by bbilly

bbilly — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:43:06 -0800

holy sh**! she's nekkid and has questions about urine and incest stuck between her toes.

Comment by Mahtli69

Mahtli69 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:01:01 -0800

@11 - The Uptight column in the Weakly? That was also my first thought when I read this post.

The fact that Stranger staffers didn't post about it on Slog probably meant that nobody noticed or cared (it works, ECB).

By the way, the Weakly has better cartoons than the Stranger. Just sayin'.

Comment by mattymatt

mattymatt — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:03:14 -0800

What the hell? Is she blowing her nose on a letter while simultaneously drafting a reply?

Comment by ecce homo

ecce homo — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:05:52 -0800

I thought you worked for the stranger and sold your column to the VV.

Now you are credited for working for the VV? Upping the credibility balance a little huh?

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:18:19 -0800

The Village Voice has less credibility than The Stranger.

Comment by Nay

Nay — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:13:38 -0800

"the work of Village Voice Media sex columnist Dan Savage"

Yeah, that stings. It's a sydicated column people.

Comment by Epimetheus

Epimetheus — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:58:21 -0800

"At the moment I have no comment"

Aww, come on, we are all waiting. (from the link you posted to Jesebel)

BY FLOWERGIRL AT 12:58 PM

anyone know what Dan Savage has to say about this yet? mostly i'm curious b/c i know it will be something pithy scathing & good.
If Claudia was going to steal stuff she should have taken the answers too, 'cause hers was just lame.

Comment by Eric F

Eric F — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:12:50 -0800

The New York Press still exists?

Comment by Michigan Matt

Michigan Matt — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:38:53 -0800

Holy Shit!

Comment by banjoboy

banjoboy — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:49:32 -0800

Their site's collapsed or been taken down...

http://www.nypress.com/

Comment by fs

fs — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:21:36 -0800

I just saw this on king 5 news. silly, n00bz

Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber

Karlheinz Arschbomber — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:19:27 -0800

What all you wankas are missing here, is that Dan plagiarized this stuff to begin with! (just kidding...)

Comment by KRISZTINA

KRISZTINA — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:41:04 -0800

go dan

Comment by chi type

chi type — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:05:32 -0800

Wow a plaigarism scandal caused by stupidity rather than bad ethics. That's refreshing!...?

Comment by Ernie at The Elite

Ernie at The Elite — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:21:10 -0800

Dan, are you going to parlay your newly acquired high profile in NY into a walk-on role in the "Sex and the City" movie?

That would be fabulous!

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:27:29 -0800

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.

(Shamelessly plagiarized from Oscar Wilde...)

Comment by Boomer in NYC

Boomer in NYC — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:35:41 -0800

This is most attention NYPress has had in years. Also, it's more than the Village Voice deserves.

Dan, of course, is aces. If you're gonna steal, steal from the best...

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:49:39 -0800

Well, Dan and Dave Barry....

Comment by linkage

linkage — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:00:45 -0800

Here's the King5 link

Comment by linkage

linkage — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:01:54 -0800

Here's the King5 link

Comment by Nay

Nay — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:08:53 -0800

Ooooooh, Dan in SITC!!! That'd be awesome! :)

Comment by Irena

Irena — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:27:47 -0800

"Lip Service" -- ugh. Thank god that died a quick death.

Comment by magdaddy

magdaddy — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:13:29 -0800

I haven't seen anything on slog about Dan's comments beyond this posting, but the PI's big blog said Dan would've given the ex-columnist the letters. But that raises the question: once Dan receives a letter, is it his to do with what he wants, i.e., share them with whomever he wants - boyfriend, fan club, Lindy West - or should it be fairly implicit that when these people send their letters to Dan, they want Dan, and not some dumbass from LA or the guy that paid the Stranger to write the column this week from Strangercrombie?

Comment by J.R.

J.R. — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:47:14 -0800

Who's Claudia Lonow?