Teen Recalls Web Hoax That Led to Suicide

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50 Cent Learns About Racism, Loses Interest [News Roundup]
Published 3/31/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... ] One of the girls who tormented Megan Meier under the tutelage of evil mom Lori Drew is going to be on TV tomorow talking about how Lori turned out to be a crappy "mother figure." Um, yeah. [ ABC ] You know how after 9/11 the government consolidated all these government functions into the Department of Homeland Security, which was probably an expensive waste of time? Well they are sort of doing that with all the regulatory agencies that are supposed to keep track of how much money all of these sophisticated "security" things are worth so the economy doesn't find itself with ...

Duly Quoted: 'GMA' Host in Freudian Slip
Published 4/1/2008 by jbercovici at Portfolio.com: Mixed Media
"You have to be careful what you say, because someone could be hanging onto your every word." -Good Morning America's Deborah Roberts, employing an unfortunate choice of words during an interview today with Ashley Grills, one of the participants in the MySpace hoax that led to the suicide, by hanging, of a 13-year-old in MIssouri, Megan Meier. Related Links 50 Cent and the Path to Niche Social Networking MySpace and Friends Need to Make Money. And Fast. Idle Chatter: MySpace, 'Sun-Times,' Wikipedia...

'GMA' on MySpace Suicide: "Someone Could be Hanging On Your Every Word" [Whoops]
Published 4/1/2008 by Pareene at Gawker
... weighed in on the tragedy in a segment this morning. An excerpt appears above. It illustrates not only the importance of being careful "what you say online," but also the dangers of speaking extemporaneously on live television. Was "hanging on your every word" really the best choice of language there? ...

Megan Meier's MySpace Hoax Tormenter: "I Just Wanted It To End" [Clips]
Published 4/2/2008 by Moe at Jezebel
... way into the New Yorker and eventually it seemed that maybe Ashley, not Lori, was the mastermind for the hoax. Here Ashley admits she writes the message that drove Megan to hang herself, but says she did it because she knew the joke had gone too far and wanted to erase the account. And why did she think it had gone too far? Because Lori Drew was trying to get her to set up a meeting with "Josh Evans" so that they could show up and laugh at her! [ ABC News ]