Britney Spears Accuses False Tabloids of Dishonesty

[TankGirl]

Britney Spears Accuses False Tabloids of Dishonesty

By Chip Hilton

HOLLYWOOD –Britney Spears, an outspoken member of the conservative watchdog group Accuracy in Media, has used the bully pulpit of her Web site to call for “higher journalistic standards among false tabloids.”

Speaking directly to Us Weekly, In Touch, Star, “and other desperate magazines,” Spears reminded their editors, “Your employees are a reflection of your magazine.” Then she posed the following rhetorical question: “Do you want employees who are honest or those who are liars?”

Spears’ remarks about “fair and balanced reporting” were inspired by a recent article in Us Weekly, which reported that Spears, 23, was carrying a two-headed baby fathered by the ghost of Jerry Garcia.

“That’s just, like, so totally untrue,” wrote Spears. “I never met this Mr. Garcia. How could I be carrying his two-headed baby?”

Spears expressed “genuine concern” about the people who work for false tabloids. “I’d like them to ask themselves the question, ‘What am I lying to myself about?’ Is it that you are fifty pounds overweight? Is it your wife who’s carrying that two-headed baby? Until you face what is going on in your life, I guess you'll remain a false tabloid.”

The editor of Us Weekly, Janice Min, said she was “stunned and surprised” by Spears’ allegations.

“To the best of my knowledge,” said Min, “none of our writers is carrying Jerry Garcia’s baby. And even if she or he were, why would that cast any doubt on the writer’s veracity?”

Visibly distressed, with the veins in her neck throbbing like downed electrical wires, Min fairly shouted, “Who is that bitch to tell US to face what is going in our lives? She ought to face what’s going on in hers. She’s beginning to look like Kirsty Alley’s body double; her trailer park trophy husband, Kevin Federline, was photographed playing tonsil hockey with a stripper in Las Vegas last weekend; and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals just accused her of beating that little fag dog she lugs around everywhere.”

In related news, President George W. Bush said he sympathized with Spears, but he felt that her remarks did not go far enough. “She should have included those so-called satirical Web sites in her critique,” said Bush. “The stuff they publish sounds like it was made up out of half cloth.”

[JackSpratts]

she's so silly. everybody knows if it wasn't true they couldn't print it.

about her baby. does she give it one name, or two?

- js.

[malvachat]

Who's Britney Spears?







I'd like a smiley with a tongue in cheek.
Or is my tongue in her smiley........

[VWguy]

Originally Posted by malvachat

Who's Britney Spears?

aka TankGirl

how else would she know all the details?

[TankGirl]

KSAT.com:

Pamela Anderson Sticks Up For Indignant Britney

POSTED: 12:51 pm CST April 1, 2005

BURBANK, Calif. -- Pam Anderson is throwing her support behind Britney Spears.

Tired of pregnancy reports, Britney Spears this week lashed out at the tabloid media for apparently making stuff up about her.

Anderson told Access Hollywood that she could go "sue crazy" on everybody for misrepresenting or misjudging her character, but she said, "At the end of the day, hopefully people realize that the tabloids are just awful."

She added that they sell magazines based on negative stories about people, and that no one's going to buy happy stories.

On March 30, Spears wrote an open letter to what she called "False Tabloids."

In the letter she wrote, "As you read this letter, I bet you are asking yourself: Who? Who, me? Am I a false tabloid? Well, I don't know. But after this posting, I hope you are asking yourself a lot of questions. Your employees are a reflection of your magazine. Do you, Us Weekly, In Touch, Star and other desperate magazines want employees who are honest, or those who are liars? It seems to me that you'd prefer the latter. I'm really concerned about the people you hire to work at your companies. I'd like them to ask themselves the question, "What am I lying to myself about?" Is it that you are 50 pounds overweight? Is it that your children aren't making wise decisions? Or is it maybe that your husband or boyfriend is cheating on you? Until you face what is going on in your life, I guess you'll remain a false tabloid."

Spears also wrote that People Magazine is great in her book.

Anderson, star of Fox's upcoming sitcom "Stacked," said she won't allow any tabloid magazines in her presence. "I just said, 'Look, I don't want any of that stuff around me.'"

Teen Hollywood:

Desperate Housewives Stars Support Britney Spears' Attack on Tabloids

In an interview with "Access Hollywood," "Desperate Housewives" stars Marcia Cross and Eva Longoria say they support pop star Britney Spears latest attack on the tabloid media. The interview aired on "Access Hollywood," Friday, April 1, 2005.

Cross, who endured media speculation that she was a lesbian earlier this year, says she knows only too well how Spears feels. "I've learned personally that they can write anything they want," she says. "It's hard, and the fact that she would say that doesn't surprise me...it's a hard thing to continually, in your private life, have to deal with. I don't know how you protect yourself, I really haven't got any ideas."

Longoria says she feels that a group effort against the tabloid media could prove to be successful. "I think we should totally unite and just ban those tabloid magazines."

"Access Hollywood" is produced by NBC and distributed by NBC UniversalDomestic Television Distribution. Rob K. Silverstein is the executive producer.

[TankGirl]

The Spoof:

New Reality TV Show for Britney Spears

Self-absorbed pop star Britney Spears and her “new husband” Kevin Federline, will soon be appearing on a six part reality TV show chronicling the personal love story between Spears and Federline through exclusive, never-before-seen private home videos they shot themselves during their courtship, engagement and wedding.

In Altoona, Pennsylvania Doris Kumquat rejoiced at the news: “What did I do to deserve this? Now I’ll have to re-arrange my TV schedule so I don’t miss a single episode of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline.

The new reality show will be appearing on UPN. "Britney Spears is a superstar who is very popular with UPN's viewers, making her and Kevin's show in this format a perfect fit for our network's audience and programming sensibilities," said Dawn Ostroff, UPN president. "As we all know, Britney and Kevin's life together has been played out in front of the public through Internet speculation, the gossip columnists and entertainment magazines, but now, for the first time, their millions of fans will get to see and hear the couple's real story on UPN as told directly by them."

In Boise, Idaho potato farmer Richard Russet asked, “What in the world has Dawn Ostroff been smoking?”

Of course Britney Spears can’t stop talking about her new reality TV series. "I am so excited about the series," said Spears. "From the day that Kevin and I met, there have been constant rumors and inaccurate speculation about our lives together. I feel that last year the tabloids ran my life and I am really excited about showing my fans what really happened rather than all the stories, which have been misconstrued by journalists in the past. As I mentioned before on my website, I am now going to be expressing my personal life through art. This series will show us falling in love and all the adventures that went on overseas during the European leg of my Onyx Hotel tour. It's going to be an exciting ride."

Yes Britney Spears, the whole world is anxious to finally hear the whole story of your love life. For too long we’ve suffered the anxiety of not knowing your true feelings and emotions. Please be sure not to miss a single detail. We hope you will include tapes of your lovemaking with your “new husband” Kevin. We want to see all of the close-up details. We hope it will last more than six episodes.