Manufactured Gossip? No Way!

When we see “press releases,” like the one sent to Gawker from Kim Kardashian publicist Jerry Baker, claiming Kardashian was, “saved from stampede of 13 year olds” outside a Long Island hotel, it forces us to think: who actually writes about this stuff?

Problem is, a lot of people do.

Heck, we’re writing about it too, if only for the ridiculousness of the “news” at hand.

The best part is that the headline of the release actually reads, “Gossip item, Press advisor, Gossip item, Press advisory, Press.”

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