A reader recently received an unsolicited friend request from:

a fast-growing website that's disturbingly obsessed with gossip, pop-culture, politics, and scandal. (I was briefly dead but have risen again.) A lot of people say I'm irreverent. Or "snarky." They don't understand that—even when I'm exposing the profound nutsiness of Tom Cruise's Scientological faith or documenting the Worst Hair in Congress—it's all about love.

At least, that's how Radar describes itself! Let's delve a little deeper into the magazine's MySpace page, shall we?

Radar is also interested in "gossip, breaking news, corrupt famous people, smart famous people, media, disturbing trends, America's uncertain future, making out." Oh, cute! Does the staff make out with each other, we wonder? And if so, who draws the Chris Tennant straw?

Also, "As a magazine attuned to pop-culture, I enjoy everything from delicately nuanced dramas ('Gray's Anatomy') to brain-rotting reality shows ('Gray's Anatomy'). I also don't mind 'Gray's Anatomy.'" Dudes, what's with Gray's Anatomy? Is that one of those commentaries on middlebrow culture we keep hearing about?

And we don't really believe that Jane Austen joined the magazine as an intern in January—that would mean way too many women on the magazine's staff.

Radar [MySpace]