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Nov 02 2007 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Seinfeld, Hillary, 'Family Guy'...

-Bring on the Jerry Seinfeld backlash! [Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]

-John Edwards and Barack Obama may have been happy to pose for a magazine called Vogue, but Hillary Clinton finds it a little too girly. [Liz Smith]

-Fox Business is introducing a regular segment starring a cartoon bear and bull. Yeah, that sounds about right. [TVNewser]

-Neal Boulton, the editor of gay men's mag Genre, has been getting straight-bashed. [P6]

-The F.C.C. may back down from its attempt to push through new media ownership rules by the end of the year. [LAT]

-Memo to the New York Times copy desk: If you're going to use a word that's not a word, ie. "trods," don't use it in a headline. [NYT]

-Score one for independence: Murdoch-owned Post critic Adam Buckman calls Murdoch-owned Family Guy "possibly the most appalling series currently airing on network TV." [NYP]


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