Woman Who Wants To Be 1000 lbs Becomes Cable News Fodder

Move over, Balloon Boy. Pull over, Prius Dude. There's a new spectacle to feed the voracious cable news beast, and this one really lets the media in on the act. Donna Simpson, a 600-pound Old Bridge, NJ woman, is all over the news today because she's on a diet... (cue blandly surprised news-anchor-voice) to gain 400 pounds! That's right, Simpson's goal is to hit the half-ton mark, and she funds her $750-a-week meal plan via a website where people pay to watch her eat. Have we graduated from morbid curiosity to accessories to murder?

CNN Apologizes To MTV For Falsely Reporting “Telephone” Ban

On Sunday afternoon CNN reported MTV had banned the new Lady Gaga/Beyonce video "Telephone" - and so many other outlets (like us) reported on the CNN report. But MTV didn't ban the video, and today CNN made the correction.

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