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In a previous item, we carelessly referred to LA Weekly s Nikki Finke as a notorious crackpot. Upon further reflection (and a brief note from Ms. Finke) we ve come to realize that Nikki Finke is, in fact a former AP foreign correspondent in Moscow and London, Newsweek correspondent in Washington DC and Los Angeles, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, West Coast Editor for the New York Observer and then New York Magazine, etc. Furthermore, having strong opinions like she does, "sourcing those opinions with accurate journalism, and expressing them literately, does not make her a crackpot or notorious. It makes her a columnist with bonafides.

In fact, the more we think about it, the more we ve come to realize that not only is Nikki Finke not a notorious crackpot, she is in fact the Edward R. Murrow of alternative weekly papers that make most of their money off of the tranny ads in the back. Gawker regrets the error. Please don t cut us. AB