After the Rolling Stone article came under fire, McChrystal was ordered to show up in person for a monthly White House briefing on Afghanistan, instead of the usual secure teleconference, to discuss what administration officials are calling aired “dirty laundry.” While it’s unlikely the General will lose his job over the story, he is reportedly apologizing to everyone mentioned in the article.
Also drawing ire is a book detailing Anne Frank’s burgeoning romance with Peter van Pels, a boy her age mentioned in Ann Frank’s iconic The Diary of a Young Girl. Susan Dogar penned the novel Annexed, due out in September, to the anger of the executive director of the Anne Frank Trust, Gillian Walnes, who remarked, “To me, it seems like exploitation.”
Dogar herself was shocked after a Sunday Times article accused her of “sexing up” the story of Anne Frank, saying that the book was written with respect, because “the last thing anyone wanted was to cause any offence.”
In other offended news, New York’s Naked Cowboy is threatening to sue the Naked Cowgirl, claiming trademark infringement. “If she's going to sell stuff and make money off of it, then, yeah, she’s going to have to pay,” he said. The Naked Cowgirl shot back with the claim that she’s “been naked for years,” and well known for ending her comedy acts by setting her breasts on fire.