Rumour


White House and Fox News call a truce

According to a “very reliable source”, Fox News SVP Michael Clemente and White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs have met to bury the hatchet over on their recent spat. Aww, just when it was getting good!

Which high-profile war correspondent is also a spy?

Three anonymous military sources have separately claimed that a high-profile journalist currently working in a war zone is also a secret agent, according to Gawker.

Vanity Fair’s new Cuba correspondent: Sean Penn?

TMZ reckons that, despite laying off a bunch of writers last week, Vanity Fair has paid actor Sean Penn to fly to Cuba to pen a story on how the Obama administration has affected the country — and possibly to meet Fidel Castro.

Is the WSJ hemorrhaging money?

Tipsters tell Gawker that the News Corp-owned Wall Street Journal is on track to lose $100 million this year. Given the Journal is Murdoch’s big paywall success story, the news could cause a lot of red faces if true.

An electric Rolls-Royce?

Everyone else is doing it, so why not? Word on the street is the Rolls-Royce of electric cars may be coming — quite literally. Inside sources say an electric version of the three-ton Phantom sedan is in the works.

Berlusconi’s girlfriend calls him “Papi” — because he is!

A rumour circulating in Italy has it that the 18-year-old involved in the break-up of Berlusconi’s marriage calls him “Papi” or “Daddy” — because he really is her father.

Journalists beware: rumours in cyberspace may ruin credibility

As Mark Twain said, writing long before the arrival of the internet, a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has its trousers on.