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May 28 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Dissing the President, Cheering Al Qaeda

Former presidential spokesman Scott McClellan's new memoir, What Happened, "is harsher than reporters and White House officials had expected." [Politico] via [Poynter]

This citizen journalist promotes Al Qaeda on internet forums from her home in Belgium, even as she collects $1,100 a month in unemployment. [NYT]

HBO, grasping for hits to revive its franchise, hire New York Times columnist Frank Rich and magazine editor Tina Brown as creative consultants. [NYO]

Granta's new editor is also the first woman to hold the job. [Guardian]

Lenny Dykstra's flashy new magazine hasn't paid its freelancers for its second and third issues. [NYP]

by George Quraishi

(Jeff Bercovici is on vacation.)

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