Monday, March 20, 2006

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON FAKES A CLOONEY BLOG

Ah, Arianna, you may be a fellow Independent and I agree with so much of what you say, do and believe, but don't fake someone's blog. Clooney is already outspoken and well known as a dissenter regarding current US policies at home and abroad. You didn't need to pretend he was blogging for you.

According to [http://stylescenes.latimes.com/fashion/2006/03/_oscarwinner_ge.html|a March 15, 2006 article] at LATimes.com:
Oscar-winner George Clooney may make politically provocative films like "Syriana." But he doesn't write politically provocative blogs.

So imagine his ire when Arianna Huffington used some of his recent answers to political questions in a way that makes it look as if he wrote one for her Huffington Post blog site.

"He doesn't object to the quotes," says Stan Rosenfield, Clooney's valiant rep. "He said those things and those are his views. Arianna asked for permission to use the quotes and he gave it to her. What he didn't give permission for was the use of his quotes without source attributions to make it appear that he wrote a blog for her site. Which he did not. When he saw the posting Monday, we called and asked her to make the change, to simply attribute the quotes and make it clear that he did not write a blog. But she refused. And it's now Wednesday."


First Jessica Alba NOT nude beneath her Playboy magazine cover and now Clooney NOT blogging for Huffington. We just can't trust anyone these days!! DAMN FAKERS!!

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