Thursday, June 25, 2009
Media / Celeb Democracy in Action
Posted by David Schmader on Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:49 AM
U!S!A! U!S!A! From the New York Daily News:
After an overwhelming viewer vote, E! has announced it will ban "The Hills" villains Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag-Pratt from the network. An estimated 94% of those who responded to an E! poll said they were tired of seeing the couple's "self-promoting press" and wanted the network to stop talking about them.
[T]he network took note of viewers' growing ire at the couple and internal questions about the validity of the reality duo's fame, especially in light of their recent run on NBC's "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here," during which they quit twice and made spectacles of themselves.
In solidarity with E!, I vow to only cover "Speidi" (shudder) when they're being officially banned from other media outlets, or when one of them kills and eats the other. In memoriam, here's some classic footage of E!'s rejects being called out on their felony buttholism by the ladies of The View.
In the meantime, I turn to you, Slog readers.
What negligible news entity should be banned from Slog?
(As with all elections, the results are not binding.)
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Have you seen his arms, Schmader? They say he was a carpenter, but he doesn't look like he could even pick up a hammer.
I'm surprised he stuck, I was half-expecting those arms to go like taffy within seconds.
I'm surprised he stuck, I was half-expecting those arms to go like taffy within seconds.
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Who are these people? (Seriously. I don't know. Though if I've lived this long without knowing, it won't much matter if I DO know.)
14
I'd like to add a request that an exception be made for when Spencer can't get work, winds up broke, and starts doing gay gangbang videos. We need to know about that.
15
Wait, does this ban extend to The Soup? That would suck. I'm sure that's not what voters intended. ("That's the problem"!)
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@4,
Why do you think he turned to preaching?
Anyway, we can't ignore the godbags. They have too much political and cultural power.
Why do you think he turned to preaching?
Anyway, we can't ignore the godbags. They have too much political and cultural power.
19
While your at it, can you ban Idolator from Line Out? You guys have a healthy music scene up there, your music editor can do better than to use that site like the Associated Press of music reporting.
20
I still think Spencer and Heidi are an avant-garde performance art duo. Heidi's just dumb, but Spencer, he's MAGNIFICENTLY dumb. What was that rap he did? "You don't slip, you trip, you flip, like pancakes". That's just art, man.
21
Such a relief to see how many people understand how extremely vile a creature Perez Hilton is. The media tangles with him at their peril. I pray he ends up doing a long stretch in prison.
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