1. Joaquin Phoenix’s bizarro appearance on David Letterman this week has put him among the ranks of brooding, tortured actors at which Youtube videos receive countless views and other forms of public ridicule. (Some, however, claim Phoenix is faking it for publicity.) See above.

2. Peter Shankman’s part-time quest (he’s the creator of the inestimable Help A Reporter Out) to point out online follies, which he warns are archived in cyberspace, added another X on his wall of public douchery*. This time, an “accomplished communicator” and public relations expert, Tony Tortorici, sent Shankman an email calling him fat and telling him to eat more Special K. Shankman’s outing of the incident is detailed here. Tortorici’s explanation his here, on his GoDaddy-sponsored blog called “Mr. Nice Guy,” which substitutes as a shill for the tobacco industry. Note that Tortorici ends by calling Shankman an “egotistical sleazeball” who “can’t handle the truth.”

3. Ace technology reporter for the National Post, David George-Cosh, displayed a momentary lapse in adherence to tried-and-true anger-management techniques when he went on a Twitter rampage against a April Dunford, a marketing pro. George-Cosh’s witticisms include this one:

hey april – fuck you. seriously. fuck you.

The entire exchange is detailed here.

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*Many rightfully deserve a place on this wall, probably including yours truly. Since the current generation of youngsters has grown up online, it’s to be expected that bad online behavior will occur as in real life. How one handles it in the end is perhaps where the ultimate test should occur.

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