Fish-inna-barrel wank of the day
The NY Times newsblog The Lede reports that Paris Hilton is out of jail and under house arrest. Predictably, the comments thread explodes. 690 comments and counting.

My favorite part about this is actually not the comments thread (which is full of all the self-righteous wankery you'd expect, on all sides). It's the Recent Posts sidebar and the comment counts therein:

I find it especially funny, and possibly even a touch ironic, in light of the sheer number of people in the Hilton comments thread ranting about how news is SERIOUS BUSINESS and complaining about the girl getting yet more airtime.

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	hangingfire 2007-06-07 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	I myself was under the impression that you'd have to basically be dying, and possibly not even then. But on an unrelated note, I just want to say how very much I adore your icon. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	doomsday 2007-06-07 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe they deemed her "terminally stupid." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dante_the_mouse 2007-06-07 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for the icon-love. I got the image from an old cover of "The Word" magazine. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iwanttobeasleep 2007-06-07 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	I'm pretty sure that's just a pity thing. Like, "You're about to die, and you aren't going to repeat your crime, so here you go." (Reply to this)(Parent)

snarkbunny
2007-06-08 07:38 am UTC (link)

There was recently a big stink in my state about a guy who was serving a lengthy term when he developed cancer, and the prison medical staff didn't catch it while it was still treatable. By the time he was able to see other medical staff, the cancer had advanced so far that it was terminal.

So unless Paris has suddenly contracted a potentially fatal illness - she's quite obviously getting special treatment.

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	thesilentsenshi 2007-06-08 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	I myself was under the impression that you'd have to basically be dying, and possibly not even then, unless you were made of money. There you go. All fixed. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)

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