Perezhilton.com is a stunning, if ridiculous, phenomenon. "Perez Hilton," whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, is a celebrity blogger who boasts controlling and writing for "Hollywood's Most-Hated Web Site (perezhilton.com)." What I find most interesting about Hilton's blog is the many layers of media that make up the gossip site. First, there is the news Hilton prints, the stories he feels are newsworthy. Hilton often times includes false information or caddy remarks in his stories, and then crosses them out and inserts the "right" or accurate words, correspondingly printing the news and instilling his opinions on the story or the subject at the same time. Hilton also displays photos of the subjects of his news and often times draws on them to display certain emotions he feels or emphasis a characteristic of theirs that he finds prevalent or consequential. An example of this is a drool mark of sorts that connotes stupidness or cluelessness, a mark he uses often in his blog. He also gives nicknames to some celebrities as a way of emphasizing his opinions of them. Lindsay Lohan has received the nickname "Lindsanity" and Jeremy Piven has been deemed "The Pivert." While reading Hilton's blog it is difficult to read the stories from one's own perspective. Hilton has so completely and systematically infused his news stories with his opinions that he has skewed all edges of subjectivity and objectivity. At this point his opinion completely overlaps with the news, making it impossible to distinguish between true and false. It is easier to just unwaveringly believe what he is saying because if a person starts questioning his words nothing will be left unquestioned. If a person is using Perez Hilton as their only news source their actions are clashing severely with the principles of formulating one's own opinion or doing research before formulating those opinions. Even using Hilton's blog as a source for celebrity gossip/news is faulty as he often seems to miss some celebrity stories, favoring covering the celebrities he finds most interesting. If most celebrity gossip reported by upstanding news sources, ones apparently less hated by Hollywood, such as People or Us Weekly, sources that we public often seem to trust, is false, then what does that make Perez Hilton's news? Is it even news anymore or fictional stories? Most celebrities seem to deny what magazines and gossip columns print, so is there any way to even distinguish? How important is it to acknowledge the level of accuracy a source has before reading it or using it to inform one's knowledge on a certain occurrence or story? Is it possible to really determine whether or not one source, such as People, is more accurate that one like that of Perez? Does People magazine infuse their magazine with more subtle opinions and subjectivity than Perez? Correspondingly, could Perez be considered more honest by openly acknowledging disdain for a celebrity than People magazine, whose writers might inconspicuously take a point of view when writing an article ? Has celebrity news already parted from the limits of accuracy completely, when even photos, something usually trusted as a sign of accuracy, can be staged and manipulated?