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To talk or not to talk about this week’s red meat media story? Well, we’re talking. Are we surprised at the appetite that some in media take in shredding one of their own in public? Of course not; it’s the same old boring mob behavior. But what’s really behind it? Professional jealousy? The moronic idea that if you knock a person off her perch, that gets you closer to her gig? And does anyone believe, as a kajillion tweets enjoin us to believe, that women and journalism have been set back decades?

Also discussed:

* Melania Trump as new and improved political spouse

* Who among us has not posed for tasteful nudes?

* No one should doubt the pulverizing power of the Kennedy machine

* The irresponsibility of running “too good to verify” stories

* The necessary intimacy between reporter and subject. “It’s a dance of sorts.”

* Status, the new fragrance for men…

* Things worked out well for the creator of the Shitty Media Men List: yea or nay?

Also discussed: the literary imposter Laura Albert (aka, J.T. Leroy), an unrecognizable Colin Farrell, Nancy’s got a new book (if no pre-publicity nudes, dammit!) and much more!