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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Shattered Glass, Part
Deux
(SCOOP? The TNR Masthead at TNR.com is 404 via Google)
Scott Beauchamp played by Giovanni Ribisi
(SCOOP? The TNR Masthead at TNR.com is 404 via Google)
Scott Beauchamp played by Giovanni Ribisi
HOT
HOT HOT. Via InstaPundit,
NRO's Kathryn
Jean Lopez is asking who will star in the sequel to Shattered
Glass. We always try to oblige. The answers are a cinch. All you need
is one over-the-top actor
who specializes in creepy, one or two elite West Wing alums, and
someone else to play the one who looks exactly like Matt Damon.
All they need now is someone to make up a script. That shouldn't be too hard. Everyone involved seems pretty darn good at making things up.
UPDATE. A bumptious commenter who styles himself as "Timmy" asks us, "Umm, isn't that Ricky Gervais in the Peter Scoblic photo?"
Faced with a crude and baseless accusation of this sort, our editor-in-chief ("His Magnificence") felt compelled to reply:
Ummm, on a more serious note, the TNR masthead seems to have disappeared from the TNR website. Via Google: Error 404, File Not Found. No text, no images. Anyone know anything about this?
UPDATE 2. A text-only masthead is still accessible by direct link at the TNR site though Google can no longer find it. A call to TNR resulted in a denial that Scoblic had been fired. His voicemail is still playing its recorded message.
Peter
Scoblic played by Oliver Platt
Peter
Beinart played by Matt Damon
Franklin
Foer played by Bradley Whitford
All they need now is someone to make up a script. That shouldn't be too hard. Everyone involved seems pretty darn good at making things up.
UPDATE. A bumptious commenter who styles himself as "Timmy" asks us, "Umm, isn't that Ricky Gervais in the Peter Scoblic photo?"
Faced with a crude and baseless accusation of this sort, our editor-in-chief ("His Magnificence") felt compelled to reply:
Umm Timmy,
I can assure you that our division of very well dressed fact-checkers obtained 100 percent confirmation before the photo was published that the Ricky Gervais-looking one was really truly for sure Peter Scoblic.
Nevertheless, since you have raised this absurd question, Instapunk.com has initiated -- consistent with our commitment to the very highest of contemporary journalistic standards -- a thorough investigation to reconfirm what we have already ascertained to be fact; namely, that the person in the disputed photo is Peter Scoblic. Or someone who looks so much like him that he could only be played by Ricky Gervais if the much suaver Oliver Platt weren't available.
I can further assure you that the results of our investigation will be published as soon as Google ceases its inexcusable stonewalling about the deceptive procedures it uses in ID'ing the photos which may come up in a 0.05-second image search. Please note that our dedication to thoroughness may require weeks of investigation or months. Decades aren't entirely out of the question. That's how professional we are.
In the meantime, I suggest that you conduct your own investigation of why this Scoblic person would go to such lengths to make himself look like Ricky Gervais. And why is it exactly that you know who this Ricky Gervais is? (Some lowdown dirty leak?) We certainly don't. It's our considered opinion that you have a hidden agenda in all this. Be warned. Eventually -- perhaps very eventually -- Instapunk.com will uncover whatever sinister purpose drove you to impugn our good name.
Sincerely,
ED.
I can assure you that our division of very well dressed fact-checkers obtained 100 percent confirmation before the photo was published that the Ricky Gervais-looking one was really truly for sure Peter Scoblic.
Nevertheless, since you have raised this absurd question, Instapunk.com has initiated -- consistent with our commitment to the very highest of contemporary journalistic standards -- a thorough investigation to reconfirm what we have already ascertained to be fact; namely, that the person in the disputed photo is Peter Scoblic. Or someone who looks so much like him that he could only be played by Ricky Gervais if the much suaver Oliver Platt weren't available.
I can further assure you that the results of our investigation will be published as soon as Google ceases its inexcusable stonewalling about the deceptive procedures it uses in ID'ing the photos which may come up in a 0.05-second image search. Please note that our dedication to thoroughness may require weeks of investigation or months. Decades aren't entirely out of the question. That's how professional we are.
In the meantime, I suggest that you conduct your own investigation of why this Scoblic person would go to such lengths to make himself look like Ricky Gervais. And why is it exactly that you know who this Ricky Gervais is? (Some lowdown dirty leak?) We certainly don't. It's our considered opinion that you have a hidden agenda in all this. Be warned. Eventually -- perhaps very eventually -- Instapunk.com will uncover whatever sinister purpose drove you to impugn our good name.
Sincerely,
ED.
Ummm, on a more serious note, the TNR masthead seems to have disappeared from the TNR website. Via Google: Error 404, File Not Found. No text, no images. Anyone know anything about this?
UPDATE 2. A text-only masthead is still accessible by direct link at the TNR site though Google can no longer find it. A call to TNR resulted in a denial that Scoblic had been fired. His voicemail is still playing its recorded message.
