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Johnson claims the video exists, but the information he’s given that would in an ideal world indicate that it does in fact exist have been disproven. (Eric Zorn writes that the rumors are “unsubstantiated.” I think we can safely go farther than that.) More colorfully you could say that the information has been cleaned, skinned, and fried.
Johnson’s response has been to lash out at anyone who has destroyed anything that he’s offered that looks remotely like proof of the video’s existence.
All of this seems relevant to me, but I am stale and pedantic and clearly having a tough Friday, having seen my R. Kelly prognostication blow up in my face, so I would try to spin this into some kind of grand point about Teh Future of Newspapers but I am going to go get some coffee and let it make the clock run faster. To paraphrase Robert Christgau, dystopia is hard and I will flog you with it if I have to.
