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Gossip Cop

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Gossip Cop is a website founded by Michael Lewittes, a "reformed gossip columnist".[1] Other staff include Shari Weiss, Andrew Shuster, Holly Nicol and Dan Abrams.[1] The site reports on the veracity of celebrity gossip, reportedly from over 200 websites, TV shows and publications.[1]

Gossip Cop covers the same material as celebrity gossip tabloids: romances, marriages, divorces, "baby bumps", and petty arguments. Occasionally, the material veers into politics (e.g., "Martin Luther King Day Lie Witness News Edition: Jimmy Kimmel Asks About MLK Endorsing Donald Trump"[2] and "George Clooney: Donald Trump Is A 'Fascist'"[3]) and pseudoscience coverage (e.g., "Kylie Jenner Posts Anti-Vaccination Photo",[4] "Charlie Sheen To Dr. Oz: I Stopped Taking My HIV Medications"[5] and "Jim Carrey Goes On Anti-Vaccination Twitter Rant, Calls California Governor 'Fascist'"[6]).

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  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 About Us GossipCop.com
  2. Martin Luther King Day Lie Witness News Edition: Jimmy Kimmel Asks About MLK Endorsing Donald Trump (VIDEO) by Michael Lewittes (9:24 am, January 19th, 2016) Gossip Cop.
  3. George Clooney: Donald Trump Is A 'Fascist' by Andrew Shuster (11:43 am, March 3rd, 2016) Gossip Cop.
  4. Kylie Jenner Posts Anti-Vaccination Photo by Michael Lewittes (2:34 pm, March 13th, 2016) Gossip Cop.
  5. Charlie Sheen To Dr. Oz: I Stopped Taking My HIV Medications by Michael Lewittes (5:48 pm, January 12th, 2016) Gossip Cop.
  6. Jim Carrey Goes On Anti-Vaccination Twitter Rant, Calls California Governor 'Fascist' by Andrew Shuster (2:15 am, July 1st, 2015) Gossip Cop.