MEDIATAKEOUT.COM GETS GOTCHA'D, SERVED, OWNED, PUNK'D, EGG-FACED, ETC. AFTER POSTING BAIT/BOGUS STORY ABOUT LAUREN LONDON & JACKIE LONG.

JUST SO YALL KNOW: THIS IS A LONG (AND ENTERTAINING) READ! Can someone please be a darling of a sweetheart and kindly advise the owners of Mediatakeout.com to change their name from Red Snapper for taking the bait! LMAO! You'll understand what I mean once you finish reading this post.

Ask any not-easily-fooled blog reader, industry insider (such as tmz.com), or reputable and/or credible blogger about Mediatakeout.com and nine times out of ten, they'll tell you that Mediafakeout.com is known more for posting/creating 100% fake stories about today's hottest (and not so hot) black celebrities than true and credible ones. I'm convinced Karrine Steffans was referring specifically to MediaTakeOut.com when she spoke on the rumors that she's starting a rap career. Steffans claimed, 'sub-journalistic bloggers create and spread false information daily.'

So can you imagine the utter horror that soared all up and through MediaTakeOut.com's--the self-proclaimed number one and 'Most Visited Black Website in the World'--falsified, fronting and faking the font selves once they discovered that their 'exclusive' Lauren London and Jackie Long 'story' which had been emailed (CLICK HERE TO READ BOGUS EMAIL) to them by one of their 'loyal readers' was in fact a totally bogus story planted on LipstickAlley.com--a site in which I deem to be the 'Most Visited (and Credible) Website on the Internet'--by a longtime boardmember, as bait served up just for them to pick up, post and inevitably get blasted on! Did I mention that yours truly is also a proud member of LSA?

On Wednesday, December 19th, the boardmember posted the following story on LSA's messageaboard:
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Before the boardmember could hit the 'submit' button, MTO took the bait, snatched it up and put their ownership on it before posting it on their website.
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Mind you, just a few weeks ago, MTO is the same site who 'exclusively reported' that Serena had been knocked up by Jackie.


Soon after their posting, they were served with this notice of bogustry (that's one of my new words...don't hate! LOL!):


Finally, once they realized they'd gotten got, they posted this lame concoction to try and save face. Read highlighted text at the bottom of the screenshot:


**SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO THAT CLEVER-ASS BOARDMEMBER FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER; AND TO THE LIPSTICKALLEY CREW (WHICH INCLUDES YOURS TRULY) FOR SUPPORTING IT!***

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Now, for those of you who don't know, ever since MediaFakeout.com first hit the 'Net, their claim to fame stems from their posting of 98% untrue stories about Black celebrities. I would list them, but there's too many to name. And when they not posting untrue stories, they're snatching them from various messageboards (specifically LipstickAlley.com) and other credible websites with the intentions of 'exclusively' claiming them as their own; the same can be said about their 'exclusive pictures' in which they take from websites, messageboards and blogs and paste their logo on them. What really put the lid on the jar is when they developed the nerve to add the following post script at the end of each of their exclusive articles: CLICK HERE TO READ

Up and coming bloggers, take note: when reporting a story, make sure you check, double -check then triple-check your sources. If you can't do that, never hesitate to print a retraction. It takes nothing away from you as a blogger. If anything, it makes you more reputable one. As for this particular story, I guess MTO's pride is what's keeping them from going their usual route of deleting a articles (that has proven to be true) from their database. Pretty soon, they'll be known as the blog who cried wolf.

Oh, uh, did I fail to mention that both Lauren and Jackie were in on this hoax to hogtie MediaTakeOut.com? Baby-bye! FYI: As for MTO's 'exclusive' about Kenya Moore getting married story....well, it's as false as that story on Beyonce & Jay-Z tying the knot in Paris.

Before I go, peep this video clip which has to be indicative of how MTO is feeling right about now.

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RADIO HOST TOM JOYNER SAYS HE KNOW WHO KEYSHIA COLE'S REAL FATHER IS.

If you've been watching the BET reality TV show Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is, you know that the last episode included a DNA test that proved that a man claiming to be this songstress' father was an imposter. However, what you may not know, is that a popular radio host is already claiming to know who Ms. Cole's father is and even asked for a copy of her birth certificate. The radio host in concern is Tom Joyner. Tom Joyner or “the Fly Jock” has been a strong force in the black community for years. Through his morning show, Tom Joyner not only raises money for historically black colleges and other events adversely affecting the black community, he also interviews political figures and celebrities. This brings us to Keyshia Cole.

From the time that Keyshia Cole's reality TV show aired, radio host Tom Joyner has made comments about it. Most of them deal with the dysfunction of her family ties. Her reality TV show also stars her mother Frankie who is an ex-drug addict and prostitute along with another questionable family member. Yet, past statements by Joyner are nothing compared to his recent claim to know who Keyshia Cole's real father is.

Joyner claims that in October 2007, a man named Sam Johnson called his show and spoke to a producer (Dea) for thirty-five minutes. His call was in response to one of their segments called “Crazy Love.” Then Mr. Johnson discussed his relationship with Frankie and that he was actually Keyshia Cole's father. After making these claims, he played the actual tape. (LISTEN TO IT HERE)

In the audio tape, Sam Johnson explains his relationship to Frankie. He met her when he was a “man of leisure” which is code in the black community for “pimp.” Frankie, along with six other women, worked for him. It was during this time that she became pregnant with Keyshia.

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According to Johnson, he and Frankie were together throughout the entire pregnancy and living in Los Angeles, California where Keyshia was born. He actually signed the birth certificate as Sammy Johnson. (Sammy is also the name of Keyshia's brother.) He even stated that Keyshia Cole's full name was Keyshia Miesha Johnson - a fact released only recently on her reality TV show. The story that Frankie told on the reality TV show saying that a man named Sal is Keyshia's real father is a lie per Johnson.

In response to Mr. Johnson's call and the fact that Keyshia Cole claims to not know her father, Tom Joyner asked his legal staff to order this singer's birth certificate. The process took a few weeks, but the records department called Joyner's legal department just prior to the airing of the DNA episode of Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is. His staff asked them to fax or read it, but it wasn't a task the record department would agree to do. However, an unnamed person did agree that if someone were searching for Keyshia Cole's birth certificate and used the name Sammy Johnson, it would be on it.

The birth certificate was to be mailed to the Tom Joyner Show, but was stopped by an outside party. Joyner is unsure who shut it down. However, he does believe that he now has enough fragments to piece together that Sam Johnson is actually Keyshia Cole's father and that she can contact him at any time. He is no longer a “man of leisure” and actually is into trucking and music.

What the Tom Joyner Show is going to do next regarding this incident is not known. It is not clear that he actually has attempted to contact the singer with his information. However, it does open the door for a lot of questions and the possibility that Keyshia Cole is closer to knowing whom her real father is even if he turns out to be a person that her mother chooses to forget.

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PRETTY RICKY TO LAUNCH NEW REALITY SHOW IN HOPES OF FINDING NEW MEMBER TO REPLACE OLD MEMBER.

R&B/hip-hop band Pretty Ricky are looking to follow in the footsteps of the Pussycat Dolls and launch a reality TV show to help in their search for a new member. The Grind With Me hitmakers are looking for a replacement for singer Pleasure who left the group in October (07) to pursue a solo career; and remaining bandmates Slick 'Em, Baby Blue and Spectacular are hoping to launch a U.S.-wide search for a new addition - if TV networks choose to pick up the program.

But Baby Blue insists the new member must meet their high standards if they are to have a chance of joining Pretty Ricky. He tells MTV.com, "We're a hip-hop and R&B group. The three of us rap, and the fourth member has to be a singer just to keep the music consistent. (But) it's more about (whether a new member can) be another brother and just cope with all our family issues or whatever. And they got to be a woman magnet. They got to know how to deal with these ladies, 'cause that's one thing we got to do. That's why the music is all about women, because Pretty Ricky loves the ladies and the ladies love Pretty Ricky."


The Pussycat Dolls launched a nationwide search for a seventh member on a show entitled, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll, in April 2007 - but winner Asia Nitollano quit after just three months to go solo.

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J. LO SAYS SHE'S 'A BIT FREAKED OUT' BY HER 42 LBS. PREGNANCY WEIGHT GAIN; SUES HILFIGER.

Jennifer Lopez has recently made it known that she is "freaked out" by her expanding stomach. The 39-year-old is five months pregnant with husband March Anthony's baby. But Lopez says the pregnancy is taking its toll on her figure. She says, "I've put on 42 pounds and my belly's all pudgy. I don't know what's going on. It's amazing, but I'm a bit freaked out by it."

Bless her heart.

The Latina beauty has now reportedly vowed to put her career on hold and keep a low profile until she gives birth in the spring. According to one source, "She plans to do a Victoria Beckham now and hibernate for the last few months. You won't be seeing much of her in public from now on." Last week, J.Lo fuelled speculation she is expecting twins by buying matching pink and blue romper suits embroidered "princess" and "prince". J.Lo and Marc have also registered their baby shower gift list at exclusive Los Angeles baby boutique Petit Tresor, and added to the twin rumors by requesting most items in pairs. The diva has also booked Petit Tresor to design nurseries at the couple's estates in Bel Air, Fisher Island, and Oyster Bay.


In other Lopez news, the star is planning to sue fashion designer Andy Hilfilger, the brother of fashion legend Tommy Hilfiger after their business partnership turned sour. The pair joined forces to launch Lopez' Sweetface label - but split last year in 2006, after the line flopped at New York Fashion Week. It is alleged Andy fell out with Lopez because of her husband Marc Anthony's hands-on approach to the label. Now sources tell the New York Daily News that rival lawsuits are being prepared: "It is expected that she will file suit and that he will countersue. They're likely to sue each other."

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AN ATLANTA WOMAN CLAIMS DAMON DASH TURNED HER INTO A SCHIZOPHRENIC AFTER EXPOSING HIMSELF TO HER.

Rap mogul Damon Dash has dismissed allegations by a woman who claims he turned her into a schizophrenic when he exposed himself to her during a meeting in 2004. Dash was hit with a lawsuit in relation to the reported incident by Jamie Roberts, from Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this month (Dec07). The 24-year-old claims she met Dash - who was using the name Jeremy McIntyre - in a club in Miami, Florida, in March 2004. They left the club and went on to a nearby marina, where he allegedly flashed "his genital area" in an "offensive manner" and tried to coerce her into giving him oral sex, according to legal papers filed in New York's Manhattan Supreme Court. Nine months after the meeting, Roberts claims she "began to hear (the) defendant's voice in her ear, giving her certain directions to follow". She also alleges the meeting resulted in her being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Roberts admits she was unaware of Dash's real identity at the time of the reported incident, and only realized who he was when she later spotted him making a guest appearance on The Chapelle Show. But Dash has denied any knowledge of such a lawsuit. In a statement to the New York Post newspaper, he says, "We know nothing about it. It's quite obvious this is a false allegation." Roberts is seeking $30,000 in compensation and punitive damages.

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KARRINE STEFFANS BLAMES 'SUB-JOURNALISTIC BLOGGERS' FOR CREATING RUMORS ABOUT HER STARTING A RAP CAREER.

I know good and well she ain't talking about me. That's for damn sure. But I bet you dollars to donuts I know what particular no-merit having website/blog she is referring to. Hmmm.

Former video vixen Karrine 'Superhead' Steffans has slammed reports she is signing a deal with Eddie Murphy's record label. The former pornography actress-turned-author had been widely reported to be trying her hand at a rap career, following the success of her controversial memoirs charting her numerous sexual conquests in the hip hop world, Confessions of A Video Vixen. But in a statement released by her publicist, the 29-year-old - who tells Sister 2 Sister magazine she's 'married' to former Family Matters actor Darius McCrary - insists she has "no interest" in releasing a record and blames over-zealous internet bloggers for letting the rumor run wild.

She says, "I am not signed to any recording deal or to any other type of deal with Mr. Murphy. I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind. I am focused on my third book, upcoming magazine column, radio and reality shows. This is just another example of how these sub-journalistic bloggers create and spread false information daily. Luckily, this time it was not a hurtful rumor. I urge the general public and major news media to be skeptical of unwarranted information and take such reports with a grain of salt."

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RUMORS & TRUTHS: FANTASIA KNOCKED UP BY RAPPER YOUNG DRO?

Several celebrity bloggers are claiming American Idol winner, Fantasia Barrino has been knocked up with her second child by Atlanta rapper Young Dro (real name D'Juan Hart). The 23-year-old singer fueled speculation she was pregnant after cancelling a string of performances in The Color Purple on Broadway earlier this year (07) - and has missed a total of 50 shows since the summer.

But don't believe the hype. Barrino, who already has a six-year-old daughter, Zion Quari, by a former boyfriend, is not pregnant, according to her rep. "Fantasia is not pregnant and the Internet rumors are entirely untrue," Barrino's rep confirms to Us magazine. The New York Post also said that "an upcoming visit from the stork might explain the star's numerous absences from the Broadway smash The Color Purple."

But the show's rep tells Us: "It is true that she has missed some performances because she has gotten sick from time to time over the nine months, but doing eight shows a week is a lot so she missed a few."

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JUDGE ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR R. KELLY

A judge has issued an arrest warrant for R. Kelly after the singer missed a court date in his child pornography case on Wednesday (12.19.07). The 40-year-old failed to arrive at the Chicago, Illinois hearing on time after his tour bus was reportedly stopped by police in Utah. Judge Vincent Gaughan has held off putting the bench warrant into effect until Thursday (12.20.97) morning at 9am - when Kelly is now due in court.

The singer must obtain permission each time he travels outside the state of Illinois, and prosecutors in Cook County told the Chicago Sun-Times that Gaughan has already given Kelly a lot of leeway. "This is just an abuse of the process. It's disrespectful of your honor," Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Shauna Boliker stated. Kelly's defense lawyer Ed Genson reportedly said the bus was "detained because of some snow" following a concert in Sacramento, California, and that police needed to check the bus log because it wasn't filled out the right way. According to the Sun-Times, Genson told Gaughan that Kelly had tried his best to make it to court on time.

However, TMZ.com reports that Kelly's tour bus and three more were stopped for going over 100 mph, and that after they were taken out of service, the passengers were left stranded. After the buses were pulled over, the investigating trooper noticed that the bus drivers seemed tired and asked for the buses log books, which weren't onboard or hadn't been updated, according to the site.

The R&B superstar is expected to stand trial on 14 child pornography charges next year (08).

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GABRIELE UNION CONTINUES HER TIRADE AGAINST BLACK BLOGGERS

While Gabrielle Union's new movie The Perfect Holiday hit rock bottom in this weekend's final box office sales, netting a measly $3.6 million since opening last Wednesday, the actress extended her cape crusade for celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and once again expressed her disdain and dislike towards Black bloggers who she says post vicious and false truths about her and other Black celebrities. And although she made some really good points, she totally missed the mark when she said Perez never dogs his fellow Latinos. But what I want to know is what's the use of continuing to exert your energy by dwelling on something when you know nine times out of ten nothing's going to change? To each his own. But still...just let it go. She spoke to vibe.com about it. Check out the excerpt below.

VIBE.COM: In your recent ESSENCE.COM interview, you touched on the media, mainly black-run blogs that spread rumors without checking facts. What can these outlets do differently if they don't have you or any entertainer per se to reach out to correctly?

GABRIELLE UNION: It's like if you wrote for a major newspaper or a major magazine. If you can't substantiate your claims, you don't write them. We don't have enough black voices, [and] we certainly don't have enough people in entertainment who are trying to do good things for our community, so anytime you try to attack someone's character, you negate their voice for all the things that they're trying to do. I come out and speak about African American sexual assault survivors and what we can do to provide support and help to those survivors. I talk about African Americans and breast cancer. But people aren't going to listen to those things if you are spreading lies and rumors, you know what I mean? It kinda negates all the good things that you do. It makes me want to just work harder and do more good, but it's frustrating and it makes a lot of people in my industry say, "Screw it! If I can't even get my own people to listen and not talk ill of me, what hope do I have for mainstream media?"

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If you look at what Perez [Hilton] does - and I don't advocate for Perez, you know, he can write hurtful things about a lot of people - but what he does as a man of color, as a Latino, is he never dogs Latinos, ever. He actually breaks artists on his website. They can go from "Who the hell is that?" to Number One on iTunes in a day, just from what he says. So he's trying to uplift his own people. I mean, he dogs everybody else, but as a man of color, I applaud you. I can't dog you for not dogging your own people. He never says anything negative about Latinos, ever, and I just wish that we had more of that kind of "raise up" mentality and pulled each other up instead of dragging each other down.

Especially like... If I got arrested, say whatever you want to say. If I had kids and left them in the car while I partied, or I got out of cabs showing all my private parts, you have every right to dog me. If I came out and dogged my own people, kill me in your blogs. But don't make things up! I do enough, and if you really got spies everywhere you'd know what I was doing, you wouldn't have to make things up. And if you don't know your facts, then just don't print them.

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WILL SMITH'S 'I AM LEGEND' MAKES BOX OFFICE HISTORY AS BIGGEST DECEMBER OPENING EVER.

For the last man on Earth, Will Smith sure has a lot of friends. The Warner Bros. tale I Am Legend, starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for one of Hollywood's top box-office champs, according to studio estimates Sunday. "It's no wonder Will Smith feels so lonely. Everyone else on Earth is in the movie theater," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. The 20th Century Fox family flick Alvin and the Chipmunks, starring Jason Lee in a big-screen take on the cartoon critters, opened a strong No. 2 with $45 million. The two films combined to give Hollywood a year-end surge after a drowsy fall season.

I Am Legend smashed Smith's personal debut record, easily exceeding the $52.1 million opening weekends of I, Robot and Men in Black II, his previous bests. I Am Legend outdid the $72.6 million premiere of 2003's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the previous best December opening.

Based on the Richard Matheson novel filmed twice before as Vincent Price's The Last Man on Earth and Charlton Heston's The Omega Man, I Am Legend casts Smith as a scientist trying to find a cure and fighting off the vestiges of humanity, people transformed by the plague into vampire-like creatures.

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NEW PICS: DIDDY'S OLDEST SON & AL B. SURE'S MINI-ME, QUINCY, CELEBRATES HIS 16th BIRTHDAY.

For teenyboppers and even grown-ass adults and celebrities, The Velvet Room in Atlanta was the place to be seen last night as Kim Porter and Al B. Sure's biological mini-me of a son, Quincy Brown, celebrated his 16th birthday which was aptly themed 'Stuntin' Like My Daddy.' Of course, as most of us know, the theme had nothing to do with Quincy's biological father (who was noticeably and unsurprisingly absent) but everything to do with the man who Quincy considers his real father--Sean 'Diddy' Combs--who has taken care of him as if he was his own since he was a toddler. And when you think about it, Quincy and Diddy had more time to bond with one another considering the fact that Justin didn't come along until about four years later. Ask Diddy and he will tell you he has 3 sons; not two biological sons and a play-play son from his girlfriend's previous relationship with an early 90s chart-topping R&B singer-turned-radio personality. Now, Puff the Bucktooth Dragon may be a lot of sheisty things, but there is at least one good thing he is known for: stepping up to take care of another man's responsibility.

After looking at these pictures of Quincy, I was thisclose to believing that God must have once given Al the power to conceive AND give birth to a child. I see absolutely, positively NO physical indications whatsoever that Kim had anything to do with the existence of Quincy! NONE. It's damn scary. Wouldn't it be funny if we heard Al say, 'Kim ain't even my son's real mama!' As for how Al feels about his son calling Diddy his daddy. One source says, “It hurts him to see his son look up to another man who is wealthier than he is and can provide a better life for Quincy.” I guess what eventually matters in the end is that Quincy (as well as his brothers) know in his heart that he is one of the lucky few who is privileged to have a positive male role model/father figure to look up to.

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Anyhoo, it's a known fact that when Diddy throws a party, he goes all out and gets all extra and whatnot and then some. This time was no different. With the MTV cameras rolling (look for Quincy's party to appear on an upcoming episode of Super Sweet Sixteen...maybe), Diddy and his ex-girlfriend, Kim presented their son with 2 cars: a throwback 1964 Lincoln Continental and a brand new Range Rover. And a Super Sweet Sixteen bash wouldn't be complete without the attendance of some of today's hottest celebrities, right?

Celebs in attendance included: Chris Brown, Lauren London (who was probably hired by Diddy to attend as Quincy's date...I'm just playing! Well, sort of), Jermaine Dupri, Dallas Austin, Crime Mob, D4L member Fabo, Gorilla Zoe, Rev. Run and his son Daniel a.k.a. Diggy, Omarion, Bow Wow, Hurricane Chris, Quincy's little brothers, Justin and Christian and more.

FYI: It may take some time for the pictures to fully load since there's a large number of them.

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