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Lainey Gossip’s Lainey Lui on the Importance of Gossiping Responsibly

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Summary
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57% Informative

Lainey Lui started a gossip blog 20 years ago when she was between jobs caring for her mom.

Lui is also an anchor on Canada ’s Etalk daily entertainment news show.

The site's narrative voice and sensibility is inextricable from its namesake proprietor.

Lainey Gossip is one of the most popular gossip sites on the internet.

She says social media has disrupted the gossip ecosystem and the business of it.

She hopes there's a baseline understanding of what gossip is and its function in humanity, she says.

Her site is about conversation and analysis, and she says it's hard for me to analyze without putting my own opinion in there.

I've been accused of things that I might be critical of celebrities or other famous people for because it’s right there. I’ve been called out and criticized quite rightly, and this is the shit you have to eat when you go out there and you so boldly put out your opinions.

I would like to think I'm more responsible and thoughtful about them, of course. Was I then? No. And I pay for it. Everyone has said things.

VR Score

45

Informative language

34

Neutral language

52

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

32

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1

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