Posted
5:05 PM
by Gene
IDIOTS: Our cool cousin Whitney over at Pop Candy says she doesn't want to believe it, but The Los Angeles Times today writes about how YouTube phenom "Lonelygirl15" may have been revealed to be something other than what she's claimed. Turns out she may be the creation of Beverly Hills-based talent agency Creative Artists Agency, not the compellingly candid teen she says she is on her very popular videos.
The news has the blogosphere buzzing: Lonelygirl15 is now the sixth most popular search term at Technorati.It is now plain such worthless sites (except in the Gekkovian or RUPERT!!!!!!!!!!IAN sense), far from being the emancipators of mankind, are tools for
publicity stunts and
advertising at best, at worst facilitators of
crime. Why would people waste even a fraction of their time at a site when they know they will be manipulated -- and possibly violated?