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Cows' Lives Become Disney Movie For One Fleeting Moment
Hamilton Nolan · 07/22/10 04:24PMLaw Degrees Grow More Worthless Every Day
Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/10 10:17AMRage-Plagued Newsman in Rage-Slap Shocker
Hamilton Nolan · 05/21/10 08:37AMKarma's a Bitchfest on The 700 Club
Daniel Barnum-Swett · 04/29/10 11:04AMOr This Could Be a Lie
Hamilton Nolan · 03/08/10 12:43PMDuke Lacrosse Accuser Lady Goes Wild
Hamilton Nolan · 02/18/10 10:13AMRadarOnline Charged With Violating Octo-Labor Laws
Hamilton Nolan · 06/16/09 01:48PMMarc Rich Lost 'Insignificant' Millions to Madoff
Hamilton Nolan · 01/09/09 10:02AMIrena Briganti, The Most Vindictive Flack In The Media World
Hamilton Nolan · 07/07/08 11:54AMSo, David Carr has gone and pulled the curtain back a bit on Fox PR-the single most vicious PR operation in all the media. Good for him. So let's do our part by zeroing in on the one flack who is the face of Fox's feared, vengeful media relations operation. Her name is Irena Briganti. She's the female alter ego and mouthpiece of Fox boss Roger Ailes (pictured). She's been described as bubbly and charming in person. But she's the one holding the bloody hatchet that Fox regularly brings down right on reporters' heads. Here's everything you need to know about the scariest flack in mediadom:
Keeping Good Karma In A World Of Scams
Hamilton Nolan · 04/03/08 02:44PMLehman Brothers' Japan office is under scrutiny for making a little mistake: it lost a $350 million investment in a fraud. They thought the project they were investing in was backed by a reputable Japanese trading house, but it really wasn't. How did the scammers pull off their master plan? With fake stationery and business cards. Yes: somebody showed them some documents with an "official" company seal, handed over that genuine-looking business card, and next thing you know, $350 million! When things like this—or, say, a low-level trader at Societe General losing $7 billion by himself— happen at some of the world's top financial institutions, the impulse is to call those involved idiots or crooks. And sometimes they are. But guess what: getting scammed can be way easier than you think. And that especially goes for journalists!