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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sticks
2007-06-07 07:59 pm UTC (link)

Says Paris Hilton: "I want to thank the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and staff of the Century Regional Detention Center for treating me fairly and professionally. I am going to serve the remaining 40 days of my sentence. I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes."

That girl's jail-escaping powers make DL from Heroes look weak, man.

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	mmanurere 2007-06-07 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	Fairly?! That's it, Paris is not human. The fact that she can say that without immediately exploding out of shame is proof. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sticks 2007-06-07 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, she had a reality show on Fox. Her skewed view of "fair" was probably inevitable. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	julesnoctambule 2007-06-07 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	You're kindly assuming that she understood the words she was told to say. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	dez_chan 2007-06-07 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	Bah, you assume she has any shame. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	plazmah 2007-06-08 10:53 am UTC (link)
	That girl's jail-escaping powers make DL from Heroes look weak, man. squeaks with laughter Good thing I'm alone in the office. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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