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The article about DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com by NYT media columnist David Carr for Friday is online. It claims I’m “thuggish”. So thug this: I’ll be back to work on Monday.
UPDATE: Interesting commentary on the piece by FAIR (Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting) here.
2ND UPDATE: The article has several errors. This is the most glaring: When I began my website in March 2006, I had not “run low on money and options” as Carr claims. Just the opposite. I had been an award-winning columnist with LA Weekly for four years. 2002 is when my career hit the skids, the year I sued Disney, News Corp, and the New York Post to fight for a journalist’s freedom to write accurately about the business and advertising partners of Big Media.
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i came here from nytimes. though i first heard about you through bill simmons (espn writer) a while back. seems like a pretty interesting read. kudos to you.
What’s that old saying about Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History?
Take it as a compliment. It means you’ve done something right.
“So thug this: I’ll be back to work on Monday.”
This is win.
You’re all a bunch of kiss ass- thuggets!
Read David’s article on NYT’s digital version. You should hire him as a First Lieutenant. Good Job!
When the New York Times refers to someone as “thuggish” it means “More effective than anyone on our staff at getting stories people are interested in.”
As long as you keep scooping them they will do stories like that and from what I’ve learned in observing media, if the New York Times hates you, you’re usually doing someting right.
“Not since Lord of the Rings…”
Like that was SO long ago…:-P
“Her liabilities in the world of print — a penchant for innuendo and unnamed sources — became assets online.”
I love this bit of hypocrisy from a NYT reporter. The paper where stories are made up and are controlled by a small powerful elite. The way they have been covering the New York City council’s treatment of term limits and slush funds is comical. Like other media conglomerates they abandoned their responsibility of a free press for the bottom line.
Other than my beef with the Times, it is great Nikke is getting some recognition and money for her effort. Maybe now she can get a new computer so we don’t suffer from DHD withdrawal when it breaks down.
Please do not get ‘Thug Life’ tattooed across the front of you.
Please do continue to bash Jeff Zucker & Ben Silverman.
I noticed over time that the movie Sicko was blacked out of any mention in the mainstream news. A former VP of Cigna explained it on Bill Moyers last weekend. A memo campaign went out from the big insurance/pharmaceutical companies to black out any mention of the movie. It worked. As winner of Best Documentary, Sicko was the natural point of reference for societal discussion of health care reform, but it was “redacted.” It is too watchable and too persuasive to be tolerated. Is your “beat” to be a watchdog on the big money manipulation of Hollywood productions? This is a nice example of Orwellian control over public knowledge. Michael Moore should have staning for a lawsuit.
It seems the movie “Che” is another. 7 years in the making. Sean Penn, upon receiving an honor for “Milk,” said “Where’s Benicio? I should be up against him for Best Actor. Where’s Che? It should be up for Best Picture. I can’t figure it out!” It is a mystery, until you realize that free speech is a thing of the past. Tinkering around the edges is still allowed. Just don’t cross the big money players with anything that threatens their pyramid of wealth and control.
ah ah — she was on the side of the writers during the strike. ah ah. and what was the outcome? ah ah.
losers.
keep her, she’s yours. ah ah.
It doesn’t say you’re thuggish, it just says there are “stories” about how you are, and that you say they are false. Seems fair.
Very cool. Something novel. Voice, calling it like you see it, assiduously avoiding conflicts of interest, to get the story correct as it develops. Like all the best dictators Hollywood has a vested interest in bodies staying hidden or buried, your blog an autopsy on “spin.” Congratulations!
Such a crybaby. You go get ‘em. If someone had been doing what you are with the banks, we would not be in the mess we are.
kick his ass, Seabass!
You’re not “thuggish,” you’re honest. That’s why we read you!
Yo Girl…
I’d busta’ cap in those bitches ass!
You rock Nikki!!
Listen to all the suck-ups on this board. Be careful, Nikki: I see you allowing those posts, and not too many negatives. Pretty soon it’s going to be a non-stop jerk-off fest for you and you’ll lose all credibility.
You are a fucking thug.
Yeah- they seem to miss a few thing in the Times article: That you’ve been a voice to stand up against Big-Media (and media consolidation,) connecting dots for those of us who are outside the loop, and particularly your pointing out hypocrisies in this town.
Don’t get me wrong- I wouldn’t want to get on your bad-side either. And we’ll probably never go out for drinks. But I’m glad you’re out there.
Somebody posted today “You just lost a visitor” lol. Well don’t worry, you just gained one too, and I’m sure many more! Looking forward to “thug Monday”!
And a new tagline to add to Toldja!… Thug You!
Nikki, thanks for cutting through the spin to reveal truth and realities occurring in and facing the industry.
Good for you! The fame, the money… You deserve it. You made it happen!
Yours is the first website I open every day where I can read the news and share your dislikes. In a town as phony as L.A. is great to read someone who calls it as it is.
Take care of yourself and I hope to read your posting for many years to come.
A thug would turn the comments section off when they posted this news.
you are tough but you’re the best and only game in town. my withdrawl continues. please come back with some great info!!