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Britney Spears: It&;s all LA&;sfault
September 26, 2007
Alas, my City of Angels, does no one respect or love you? Britney Spears is the latest to diss &;Sodom by the Sea&; (or insert your own pejorative here). “I HATE L.A., I&;m so sick of that town. I don&;t want anyone to know I&;m here in Atlanta,&; she revealed to a shop clerk and a few million people on a shopping trip to the mall there.
She is of course a victim of the town, not of herself. But blaming &;the dream factory&;, &;would you really want to raise your kids in LA&; (as if Britney might do a better job elsewhere), etc. has a long tradition. As the late San Francisco columnist Herb Caen put it, &;Knock San Francisco to a San Franciscan and you&;re starting a fight. Knock LA to someone from there and you&;re starting a conversation.&;
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Justin Timberlake Takes the HighRoad
September 20, 2007
It&;s always tempting to bash a competitor or someone you were close to, especially when they&;re down. But when I do media training, I always counsel spokespeople to take the high road, even when the reporter brings up a competitor by name.
First, don&;t mention that company or person by name, second, acknowledge your rival in a positive way, as in &;the company you mention is certainly a worthy competitor, but what makes us different is&;&;
Justin Timberlake just did this in his interview with Oprah. Oprah asked Justin what he thinks is happening to his former girlfriend Britney Spears.
He said he didn&;t know, but added, &;What I do know about her is she has a huge heart, and she is a great person.”
Knowing when to take the high road about a former friend now in trouble, instead of taking the cheap shot like so many others, shows Justin Timberlake has a good heart&;and is destined for a long career.
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Britney Bombs, Eat HerNow
September 10, 2007
From Beijing to Brooklyn, the verdict is in: Britney Spears is over. Not only was she dazed, sluggish and confused on the &;prestigious&; Video Music Awards, where even her lip-synching was off, but most unforgivably she was fat.
Meanwhile General Petraeus wants 6 more months of maximum troops in Iraq, the credit and stock markets are melting and Osama Bin Ladin says he won&;t try to kill us all&;if we convert.
But Britney&;s a train wreck and we&;re pushing her over the cliff as fast as we can; will her children understand? So let&;s concentrate our fire on this poor girl and serve her head on a platter, like her fellow dancing girl, Salome, did.
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