True/Slant Blogger Takes a Swipe at Forbes

Not every True/Slant writer is primping and preening for the brass at Forbes following the magazine’s acquisition of the bloggy news website. In a post titled “Hail Our Capitalist Tool Overlords,” celebrity blogger Lorraine Murphy — a self-avowed “stone cold pinko” — wonders aloud if she should be finding Forbes-appropriate businesswear or simply sending out her resume. She also points her readers to a blog post that discusses the gay lifestyle of late Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes (don’t know what that’s supposed to mean exactly), and calls his son and current Forbes CEO, Steve, an “owly, awkward, failed presidential candidate.”

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