October 26, 2004
DUBIOUS STORY PROBED
The Sydney Morning Herald investigates claims by the Herald Sun's Nui Te Koha that Mark Philippoussis has taken up with Paris Hilton, and finds that those claims may not be accurate. The story doesn’t check out, according to sources interviewed by the SMH.
Poor Nui. If he’d written that Paris Hilton was shooting handcuffed prisoners as part of her campaign to wipe out West Hollywood insurgents, the SMH would've run Nui's story on the front page, no questions asked. He might even have won a United Nations media award.
Posted by Tim Blair at October 26, 2004 02:11 PMWell, you know, when you're Australia's Major Serious Newspaper Of Record, you have to get your priorities right.
Posted by: EvilPundit at October 26, 2004 at 02:23 PMOh puleez. The "Australian division" of the United Nations? I don't think so. These "media peace" awards are handed out by the United Nations Association of Australia: a self-appointed cheer squad of middle-class moonbats, who are approved to carry the logo, but that's it. They have no executive or admin links to the the UN. Being a mouseketeer doesn't mean you sit on the board of Disney.
Posted by: cuckoo at October 26, 2004 at 03:08 PMI wonder whether the stat decs for the shootings were created using a Selectric Composer. Miranda Divide will know!
Posted by: Lofty at October 26, 2004 at 03:58 PMShhhh don't mention that name lofty.You never know where she may be lurking.
Posted by: gubbaboy at October 26, 2004 at 04:15 PMHey folks, check out Mark Steyn's latest for the Telegraph (in print again). As usual he's nailed it:
"The kidnapping of Margaret Hassan is, very obviously and tragically, a direct response to the mass Bigley wallow...She has been seized only because of her nominal British citizenship, which, thanks to the Bigley episode, the headhackers now know is the key to weeks of prime-time coverage."
Posted by: Bruce at October 26, 2004 at 04:41 PMIs it just me, or is the name "Nui te Koha" a little suss.
Sounds like a Graham Thorn/Chris Aurora type thing...
Posted by: Quentin George at October 26, 2004 at 05:38 PMOh I don't know about that!
The name 'Quentin George', though...
Posted by: Kiri te Kanawa at October 26, 2004 at 05:55 PMParis Hilton, handcuffs . . . Tim, get your mind out of the gutter!
Posted by: Mike at October 26, 2004 at 09:20 PMApart from her obvious unappealing spoilt brat status - am I the only bloke who finds her physically quite unattractive as well? Far too skinny, no arse, and she really isnt that pretty at all.
Posted by: Lurker at October 26, 2004 at 10:46 PMI've never understood the appeal of this skank, unless it's the I'll-spread-my-legs-at-the-drop-of-a-hat aura she gives off.
Posted by: Andrea Harris at October 26, 2004 at 11:11 PMParis Hilton's the sort of girl Anna Nicole Smith looks to in order to feel like a better person.
Posted by: Sortelli at October 26, 2004 at 11:37 PMQuentin George wrote:
>Is it just me, or is the name "Nui te Koha" a little suss.
Could be.
Nui = big
Te Koha = the gift OR the parting message
Paris Hilton. A rich brat with a last name forever associated with hotels, and a first name that is freakin' French.
Jeez, people, whoever expected her to act normal in the first place? It's as if she was gene engineered to be a cheap celebrity with round heels.
Posted by: The Real JeffS at October 27, 2004 at 12:40 AM"Paris Hilton was shooting handcuffed prisoners as part of her campaign to wipe out West Hollywood insurgents"
Highly respected political commentator, Tim Blair was qouted yesterday saying that Paris Hilton was shooting handcuffed prisoners as part of her campaign to wipe out insurgents.
Maybe my Muslim "compatriot" was quoted out of context!
Maybe - but the odds are against it.
Posted by: jlchydro at October 27, 2004 at 01:40 AM