George Clooney Takes Aim at 'Gawker Stalker' Site

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Clooney Takes Aim at 'Gawker Stalker' Site

By LYNN ELBER, AP Entertainment Writer
6 minutes ago



LOS ANGELES - George Clooney is known as a prankster, but his plan to undermine a Web site that posts celebrity sightings is no joke, his publicist said Friday.

Clooney has suggested swamping Gawker.com's "Gawker Stalker" feature with false notes about stars' whereabouts, spokesman Stan Rosenfield said.

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"There is a simple way to render these guys useless," Clooney said in the message. "Flood their Web site with bogus sightings. Get your clients to get 10 friends to text in fake sightings of any number of stars.

"A couple hundred conflicting sightings and this Web site is worthless. No need to try to create new laws to restrict free speech. Just make them useless. That's the fun of it. And then sit back and enjoy the ride," Clooney writes, signing the note, "Thanks, George."

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Rosenfield rebuts the idea of the site as a harmless diversion.

For those who would argue that, he said Friday, "I have two words: Rebecca Schaeffer."


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