Another
Friday news dump:
An Apology to Our Readers
After an investigation, The New Republic has determined that the comments in our Talkback section defending Lee Siegel's articles and blog under the username "sprezzatura" were produced with Siegel's participation. We deeply regret misleading our readers. Lee Siegel's blog will no longer be published by TNR, and he has been suspended from writing for the magazine.
Franklin Foer
Editor, The New Republic
It's not like TNR isn't a target-rich environment. But none was more mockable than Lee Siegel. From "blogofascim", to the terrors of wearing baseball caps, to psychoanalyzing my childhood, to wishing he had screwed a 16-year-old Uma Thurman, none illustrated the irrelevance of the New Republic more than their so-called "culture" writer.
He will be missed, even if I do have a huge-ass smile on my face right now.
Update: People in the comments are digging up some choice comments by Siegel's sockpuppet. This one is my favorite thus far (from here):
How angry people get when a powerful critic says he doesn't like their favorite show! Like little babies. Such fragile egos. Siegel accuses Stewart of a "pandering puerility" and he gets an onslaught of puerile responses from the insecure herd of independent minds. I'm well within Stewart's target group, and I think he's about as funny as a wet towel in a locker room. Siegel is brave, brilliant, and wittier than Stewart will ever be. Take that, you bunch of immature, abusive sheep.
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