{"id":149,"date":"2008-08-07T15:26:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T13:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/?p=149"},"modified":"2008-08-07T15:26:59","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T13:26:59","slug":"even-variety-chimes-in-on-the-bs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2008\/08\/even-variety-chimes-in-on-the-bs\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Variety chimes in on the B.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a sad week for online journalism. The internet is abuzz with <strong>B.S.<\/strong> rumors (stands for <strong>Bull Shit<\/strong> and also the initials of a dumbass former popsinger) and everyone just reprints\/republishes them without using their brains. From <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.mtv.com\/2008\/08\/06\/britney-spears-to-play-killer-lesbian-stripper-in-quentin-tarantino-remake-probably-not\/\" target=\"_self\">MTV <\/a>to AICN (which <a href=\"http:\/\/aintitcool.com\/node\/37833\" target=\"_blank\">runs the story<\/a> and an article <a href=\"http:\/\/aintitcool.com\/node\/37837\" target=\"_blank\">debunking it at the same time<\/a>, that&#8217;s a new one), thousands of people are reading a totally baseless rumor about Quentin Tarantino remaking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grindhousedatabase.com\/index.php\/Faster_Pussycat%21_Kill%21_Kill%21\" target=\"_self\"><em>Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill!<\/em><\/a> Not only is that by itself hot air, but posting news about porn stars and pop singers being cast, that is just ridiculous. And to top things, even <strong>Variety<\/strong>, a Hollywood paper that used to be a fairly trusted source in the old days before it started playing along with the internet rumor mill and lost all credibility, is <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.variety.com\/thompsononhollywood\/2008\/08\/britney-spears.html\" target=\"_blank\">reprinting this in Anne Thompson&#8217;s blog<\/a> (what&#8217;s up, Anne, where&#8217;s the fact-checker in you?). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2008\/08\/06\/a-word-on-the-word-casting\/\" target=\"_self\">Yesterday I already ranted about this<\/a>, and I hope today will be the last instance I&#8217;ll have to vent my anger by writing about it: If there&#8217;s a rumor, treat it like that. Have we arrived in a time where I can just fucking MAKE THINGS UP and it will be in the New York Times? I hope not. Quentin is in Berlin preparing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Inglorious_Bastards\" target=\"_self\">Inglorious Bastards<\/a>, aka the movie that will knock you out of your chair next year. Last time I checked he does not have a body double running around in tinseltown casting lowlives for non-existant projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a sad week for online journalism. 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