EW writer who interviewed Chris Rock dumps on Drudge. . .some good points

[wndycty]

Rock and Roil

Drudge vs. Rock: Entertainment Weekly senior writer Josh Wolk addresses the ''controversy'' his interview with the Oscar host created — and explains why it's all ludicrous

As the person who did the infamous interview with Chris Rock that sparked the Drudge Report-fueled controversy over whether he should be hosting the Oscars, I'd like to share a little secret.

There is no controversy. Let me explain.

When I went to the Drudge Report website Sunday night (Feb. 13), I saw it was topped by the screaming headline, ''HOST CHRIS ROCK SHOCK: ONLY GAYS WATCH OSCARS,'' splashed in the blocky font Matt Drudge usually reserves for a lurid Michael Jackson revelation or political takedown. I instantly recognized this as my article as filtered through severe reading-comprehension issues. The upcoming Oscar host had joked to me that no straight black men watch the Academy Awards. Now Drudge was paraphrasing it as exposé, making it sound like Rock was impugning the sexuality of all male movie lovers. It was like translating Henny Youngman's ''Take my wife, please'' into ''YOUNGMAN: WIVES ARE MADE FOR SWAPPING.''
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When Drudge sensed that his ''exclusive'' based on my quotes was catching on, he pushed it further, heading to Hannity and Colmes on Feb. 14 to keep it alive. But his approach was more activist: He now warned against Rock as a horrible, ''lewd'' spokesman for Hollywood to the rest of the globe watching the awards. He cited routines from Rock's 2004 Emmy-nominated HBO special, Never Scared, pulled wildly out of context. In a bit about the freedoms in America, Rock says ''it's beautiful abortion is legal,'' which Drudge twisted to ''abortion, it's beautiful.'' Then Drudge disparagingly cited Rock's reference to ''weird white guys getting overly patriotic with their flag hats on,'' and snorted that Rock must find the flag waving on Fox News ''weird'' too. Rock's routine is actually about how patriotism after Sept. 11 slowly devolved from a pure, refreshing love of country into ''hatriotism,'' where some people used jingoism as a pretext to say they hated all foreigners. Which is not a far leap from wrapping yourself in the flag to silence a comedian you don't agree with.
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http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1029468_1_0_,00.html

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Regis Philbin as host of the Academy Awards!!! Bwwwaahaaaa....

I guess Drudge wants the awards to never appear on TV ever again....
It was good of Wolk to show what a total schmuck Drudge is, to those out there who are not already aware. The real irony is, of course, is that the homophobe Drudge is another one of those self-loathing closet gays who supports the anti-gay agenda.

[Julius Civitatus]

2. HA HA HA HA HA

Stupid Drudge.

What's the problem? Scaife's checks are not as big as they used to be? Does he have to whore out bad stories and fake controversies out of thin air?

[wndycty]

3. I just like the way he called Drudge on his shit

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[philosophie_en_rose]

4. "filtered through severe reading-comprehension issues."

an excellent article. Unfortunately, hatriotism and stupidity are likely to get far more coverage than reason or comedy.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

5. Yellow journalism at its finest.

[wndycty]

6. Kick

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