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May 15 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: 'IHT,' Bill O'Reilly, Stent Mania, more

-The editor of the International Herald Tribune, Michael Oreskes, is stepping down to join the Associated Press as managing editor of U.S. news. [Romenesko]

-Bill O'Reilly made light of the "tape floating around the internet" of "me in a state of displeasure." Hey, better than a tape of him in a state of pleasure, right? [Gawker]

-All the cool kids are stealing their reality-TV ideas from Israel. Why aren't you? [NYP]

-A TV commercial for a heart stent is being criticized for downplaying the device's medical risks. You know how all those teenagers you know have been going out and getting recreational stents? This is probably why. [NYT]. □

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