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Metro News Boo Boo: Lindsay Lohan is NO Tina Fey

Posted by / September 14, 2005

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14sept05_metro.jpgFar be it for me, a lowly blogger, to criticize the bigguns of the media machine, but couldn't they have at least gotten even their gossip column thingy right?

I have no idea how Tina Fey's baby is remotely related to a picture of Lindsay Lohan.

Perhaps there was some misguided correlation that because Ms Fey ... who so brilliantly wrote the Mean Girls screenplay ... which was shot in Toronto ... which starred Lindsay Lohan ... that instead of the fabulous Tina Fey's picture be printed, we ended up with the rail thin, once cool girl actress.

The Six Degree of Separation here does not apply folks! No where in the piece does it even mention Lindsay Lohan, so there is no reason why her picture should appear in lieu of Tina's. And don't give me that they couldn't find a picture of her.

Or maybe they though Tina's baby, Alice, looks like Lindsay?

Yes, I know I should be somewhat embarrassed that I follow Hollywood news like a puppy dog, but THAT is certainly NO Tina Fey.

And the entire thing is just wrong ... on so many levels.

Anyways, congrats to Tina and her hubby for successfully sprouting. Way to go!

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Melissa / September 14, 2005 at 04:18 pm
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There is a connection between Fey and Lohan ... Fey wrote Mean Girls, which starred Lohan. Fey also had a role in the film as well. So there you go!
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Melissa / September 14, 2005 at 04:32 pm
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Sorry, I hit post before I finished my comment ... here's the rest:

With that connection in place, whoever laid out the piece possibly looked up media pics from Mean Girls, and accidentally went with a Lindsay rather than a Tina photo ... although I don't know how anyone wouldn't know who Lindsay Lohan is ... seeing as she's everywhere!
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Guy Norman Cognito / September 14, 2005 at 05:18 pm
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Wow, a throwaway free daily makes a mistake in their graphics department...

Slow news day then?
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Christine / September 14, 2005 at 11:05 pm
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Melissa: if you read the blog, I already had made the 'six degree of separation' correlation between Fey and Lohan. Still, being a fan of Fey, it doesn't make the piece right.

Guy: Pointing out other people's mistakes are fun! You can refer to a previous post about another free throw away mag that made a boo boo ... that one is far more humourous though. They tried to predict the news!

http://www.blogto.com/city/2005/06/miss_cleo_resurfaces_at_dose/
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Melissa / September 15, 2005 at 12:28 am
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I did read the blog, in detail, as I explained, I hit the post button too soon. That's what I get for multitasking at work while writing my blog entries on here and reading everyone else's blogs as well!

I agree with you that it's wrong that anyone could mistake Lindsay Lohan for Tina Fey. Canada.com had the right pic. Why couldn't Metro get it right. My guess, it was originally a pic of Fey and Lohan, and the wrong person got Photoshopped out. Not making excuses, just speculating. Just goes to show that in the print media these days, these careless mistakes are becoming more frequent. Let's see if they make any kind of apology for it in tomorrow's edition.
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Guy Norman Cognito / September 15, 2005 at 01:44 pm
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You're right Christine!

On that note, if you wanted to use proper grammar, it would read as Pointing out people's mistakes *is* fun!'

Wow, that was enjoyable.
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lisa / February 21, 2009 at 03:15 pm
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Lindsay is Tina Fey's Niece
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