Over the weekend, that bastion of journalistic integrity known as the New York Times and über-exposed gossip blogger Perez Hilton were just sitting in a tree. (We’ll let the darkest part of your imagination run wild with the second half of that rhyme.) First, the Times used the word “dignified” to describe the self-proclaimed Queen of All Media’s mainstream exposure as of late. Now, a feature on the their multimedia feed called “Blog This!” tries to keep Hilton’s infamy newsworthy with the following subtitle:

A blogger has parlayed resentment into celebrity.

Do they want to look like your uncle who tries so hard to show the kids he’s ‘with it’?

Whether unwittingly or on purpose, the slideshow features old-ish photo ops that pair Hilton with the dregs of entertainment society: his doppleganger Paris, Tori Spelling, pop ‘singer’ Fergie, … Gloria Estefan. Wait a minute, how’d you get in there?

Blog This! [NY Times]
Image [NY Times, courtesy Perez Hilton —> yeah, that reeks of unbiased coverage]
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