Steve Bing Still a Wanker
See if you can follow. American real-estate heir and film producer Steve Bing initially made headlines by asserting that Elizabeth Hurley’s baby wasn’t his. (Subsequent DNA tests proved him wrong.) Among the negative publicity he received at the time was a story in the Daily Mirror that gave Bing’s phone number and encouraged readers to call him. Bing sued the tabloid, the tabloid settled, and one of the terms of the settlement was that the paper had to run an apology. Bing’s lawyers wrote the apology, the paper ran it verbatim, and Bing issued a statement saying he was “delighted.” But now he’s changed his mind, and says he may revive the suit. Why? Because he apparently has figured out that the overly effusive way the paper apologized (e.g., under a front-page headline stating, “A humble and sincere apology to Mr. Steve Bing, philanthropist & humanitarian”) was actually intended as sarcasm.
October 27th, 2002 at 5:34 am
Two points. Firstly, it was actually the Daily Mirror (left wing, paper of the working man), which is a very different kind of newspaper to the Daily Mail (right wing, thinks it’s upmarket). Secondly, opposite the “apology” was a full page article on why Americans don’t understand irony. Make of it what you will.
October 27th, 2002 at 9:48 am
Ah. Thanks. Daily Mail misattribution fixed; non-mention of the opposite-page “American’s don’t understand irony” story left as-is, since I actually intended not to bother with that part, leaving it for the discerning reader who chose to follow the link.
I hope I didn’t come off as implying that Bing was wrong to think the paper was being sarcastic; they definitely WERE being sarcastic. I was just relishing his apparent slowness to appreciate that fact, seeing as it fits nicely with the rest of his slow-on-the-uptake but quick-to-make-a-public-ass-of-himself persona.
But thank you very much, again, for helping to keep lies.com on its toes. Feel free to scour other postings for mistakes, and bonus points if you can spot the false statements that are actually intentional, as distinguished from those those that are merely the result of my being lame.
December 21st, 2002 at 2:32 am
Hi,
Could you please give me Mr.Steve Bing’s e-mail address and postal address.
I would like to get him involved in philanthropic eye care activities.
Thanks
Dr.Desai
December 21st, 2002 at 2:32 am
Hi,
Could you please give me Mr.Steve Bing’s e-mail address and postal address.
I would like to get him involved in philanthropic eye care activities.
Thanks
Dr.Desai
July 28th, 2004 at 4:12 pm
Looking for Steve Bing’s email address or postal.
Non profit org.
November 7th, 2004 at 4:16 pm
i to, am looking for steve Bings email on behalf of non profit scientific research he should be interested in.
November 25th, 2004 at 12:45 pm
Bing can be reached at: DerBingle@heaven.org or at OldGroaner@philanderers.edu This should prove helpful!
January 8th, 2005 at 4:22 am
I THINK A MAN LIKE STEVE BINGS DOES NOT DESERVE TO HAVE A BEUTIFUL LADY LIKE NICOLE. HE SOULD ACCEPT PATERNITY OF HIS CHILD AND BE DECENT. NICOLE IS MY WOMEN AND HE SOULD NOT TRY TO MESS AROUND WITH HER OR ELSE…
LEADER OF JIHAD IN AUGUST 1983 IN LEBANON