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The Blurbs

Albert Brooks, an Acquired Taste

Our roundup of misleading review blurbs in ads for movies takes on Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, TransAmerica, The New World, and more.

Oops

So Long, Plagiarists

Two longtime journalists lose their jobs for borrowing others' work, prompting some to wonder if the plagiarism police has gone too far. Plus: Holocaust numbers; that 'Friends' apartment; an old internet joke resurfaces; and other enlightening and entertaining media corrections.

The Blurbs

Scare Quotes

Our roundup of misleading review blurbs in ads for movies takes on Hostel, The Ringer, The Producers, and more.

Media

Exposing Corruption in India

An interview with Aniruddha Bahal of Cobrapost.com, who used hidden cameras to bring down 10 parliament members.

Media

Pill-Popping

A look behind the drug-ad parody Panexa.

Media

Shredding the Envelope

Jossip's David Hauslaib talks to Gelf about the fallout from his coverage of the ongoing Peter Braunstein saga.

Media

An Interview With Warren St. John

The author of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer talks to Gelf about working for the New York Times, Alabama football, and why sports fundamentalism is OK.

Reflections

Herb-Infused Nihilism

I fulfilled a childhood dream by attending luxurious press junkets at exclusive travel destinations. But that hot stone therapy came with a heaping pile of self-loathing.

Oops

Floodwater, Anyone?

What should Katrina's survivors drink? Don't look to the media for a safe answer. Plus: source-blowing; doctors' conflicts of interest; sperm kebabs; and other enlightening and entertaining media corrections.

The Blurbs

2005's Best-Reviewed Steve Carell Movie

Our roundup of misleading review blurbs—in ads for movies, books, theater, and more—takes on 40 Year Old Virgin, HBO's Rome, I Am Charlotte Simmons, and more.

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