Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper gets a phone call, and Christine Quinn gets some criticism
Two City Council members said Quinn retaliated against them. [Azi Paybarah]
Screamer piece good for Quinn's name-recognition if not for her reputation. [Azi Paybarah]
Someone at NBC called Anderson Cooper. [Tom McGeveran and Joe Pompeo]
Jerry Nadler, a leading DOMA opponent in the House, is happy right now. [Reid Pillfant]
How the Old Town Bar (and 49 countries) came to embrace Bloomberg's smoking ban. [Dana Rubinstein] More
Jodie Foster, now unquestionably out (except, maybe, to the 'Times')
Jodie Foster came out, again, but will the media listen this time? More
(5)McCain: 'Huma represents what is best about America'
Huma Abedin "represents what is best about America" Republican senator John McCain said today, following accusations by a group of House Republicans that the longtime Hillary Clinton aide and other Muslim officials in the State Department are cooperating with the Muslim Brotherhood to undermine America. More
Nick Denton tells a crowd there isn't enough Internet gossip
It's by now a bromide that the line separating author and audience is now nearly totally erased, aided by the quick publishing and broadcasting mechanisms, many offering a near guarantee of anonymity, available to anyone with a secret to share with the world. Denton's counterintuitive argument is that digital culture has not forced more "open secrets" like Cooper's sexuality, or at the very least secrets known by a surprisingly large number of people, into the mass consciousness. More
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