Whereas Times-reading cosmopolitan white-collar folks are never so declasse and sentimental. Oh, silly, hurricane-ravaged middle classes.

Tucked down at the bottom of today's Times corrections, Geraldo finally gets his day:

Ah, Craiglist, where charity and random sex meet. Posted today:

Rita's Aftermath [CNN Int'l]

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It figures that the most fantastic moment (ever?) on the Today show would come from red-carpet hellion Joan Rivers, who kindly delivered her post-Emmy fashion wrap-up with daughter Melissa. Speaking live from Los Angeles, Rivers noted, "We're all trying to forget Hurricane Katrina, and Patricia Arquette looks like she did her hair in it."

Everyone's favorite right-wing nutjob, God-fearing blogger Dawn Eden, muses on her job as a headline writer for the Daily News:

• Martha Stewart to launch fashion mag. Oh, the endless opportunities for orange-jumpsuit jokes. [NYP]
• New Orleanian Doug Brinkley, who made his pundit name on his pal JFK Jr.'s death, unsurprisingly signs first Katrina book deal. [MSNBC]
• Hearst and Hachette — gasp! — work together on an ad deal. [NYT]
• What's new about the new Paris Review? Um, what isn't? [NYO]
• Michael Kinsley leaves LAT editorial page after a little more than a year; no one was considerate enough to leave news of his firing in a Xerox machine so he could learn about it in advance. [NYT]
• Wenner Media redecorates, and Jann isn't happy with the paint colors. [NYO, second item]
• NYT, WP give each other sneak peaks of their front pages. Sputters E&P's scoopy Joe Strupp: "Are you aware of what a serious breach of security that would be? They'll see everything, they'll — they'll see the Big Board!" [E&P]
• ASME barely slaps The New Yorker on the wrist for Target single-advertiser issue, and crazy columnist in Chicago bursts a blood vessel. [CS-T]
• The lowest blow: In wake of Katrina, public dislikes Bush more than it dislikes press. [E&P]

Finally, the liberal media works in the White House's favor.

A reader searching for cheap but chic airfares somehow ended up reading about the latest in the rubber-bracelets-for-charity trend: the purple-and-green KARE bracelet for Katrina relief. While we have no reason to suspect said reader is opposed to Katrina relief — we're certainly not, before you send those angry emails — she is displeased with this charity drive.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions:

Shelter Numbers Decline, Benefit Concert Planned [AP]

• After backing out of a Wenner Media luncheon when she learned that big Jann Wenner wouldn't be attending, chemically-aided waif Nicole Richie was appeased by a private meeting in Jann's office and a ritual lunching with Us Weekly editor Janice Min. See, celebrity weeklies are nice: They're feeding our starlets! [Page Six]
• Victims of Hurricane Katrina have been receiving debit cards from the Red Cross in order to purchase the essentials during these rough times. For some, these essentials can be found at the Louis Vuitton store in Atlanta, where at least two of the cards have been used to purchase luxury goods. [Gatecrasher]
• Jude Law's maligned on-and-off fiancée Sienna Miller may or may not be pregnant with the actor's baby. No one really has a clue, but that's no reason to refrain from rampant speculation. [R&M]
• Frank Bruni turns his iPod up to Red Alert levels, as Tribeca's Bouley Bakery and Market is having staffing issues just days before the Times foodie is scheduled to visit. [Page Six]
• Lloyd Grove sides with Sean Penn's wife Robin Wright Penn, who wants us all to go fuck ourselves for mocking her hubby. [Lowdown]
• Cream puffs bid on the eBay auction of Matt Damon's half-eaten créme puff. [Scoop]

What's that above-the-fold, A1 byline — appearing, we must point out, in, er, boldface? Congratulations, Boldface gossiper Campbell for miraculously turning into a real journalist. (God knows we never could.)

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If you've not been following NBC anchor Brian Williams' blog, you certainly should be — at least for the sake of witnessing this new, "transparent" chapter in television news. From New Orleans, Williams writes:

• With only 50 out of 367 employees contributing, Jann Wenner's hurricane relief fundraising drive hasn't had the sort of response he'd "hoped for." Well, Jann, your employees haven't had the sort of salaries they'd hoped for. [Jossip]
• More on the Bellis front: Bret Easton Ellis thinks Katie Couric is a bitch and "very glib" about publishing. [WWeek]
• Our local primary elections are right around the corner; time to learn the difference between your ass and your elbow. [Gotham Gazette]
• Sometimes, we'd give money just to make the benefit concerts stop. [Black Table]
• The ten most ignored news stories of the year. Get riled up or something. [SFBG]
• FishbowlDC joins the scooping frenzy with an advance copy of Carl Bernstein's account of being scooped by Vanity Fair in the outing of Mark Felt as Deep Throat. [FishbowlDC]

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, American Tragedy, one question burns a bit more brightly than the rest: Is New Orleans' David Duke, former KKK leader and failed politician, doing all right? Beloved HuffPoster and UK Maxim editor Greg Gutfeld simply couldn't sleep at night unless he knew that his favorite white supremacist was safe, so he used his HuffPo soapbox for good (instead of evil) and expressed his concerns. Lo and behold, Duke responded to Gutfeld in the comments section:

• On-the-ground conditions after Hurricane Katrina made reporters there mad. Very mad. [NYO]
• The Newhouses love their Times-Picayune more than ever. [NYO]
• A new publisher for OK! America, and other staff moves there. [NYP]
• Adam Bly, now in his wizened mid-20s, will relaunch his science-and-life mag, Seed, with new money. [WWD]
• Is Al Franken caught up in Air America/Boys & Girls Club scandal? [NY Sun]
• While traditional newsweekly circ falls, The Economist and The Week saw big gains. [Mediapost]

We're always amused when news stories are entirely self-contradictory. Take, for example, this lead from the Sun: