"Rolling Stone" Magazine Bitch Slaps Zeeke

(Written 7/31/12 by ChristopherK2 for the Uglier MDers blog)

 

I've previously mentioned Zeeke's claim to have his "finger on the pulse of pop culture" when he trashed Justin Bieber ("Bieber fever came and went...at least a year ago.").  I also pointed out a few recent stats that were at odds with Zeeke's pronouncement, such as that Bieber's upcoming concert tour (48 shows in 45 cities) sold out in exactly ONE HOUR.

 

Well, *someone* (not me, I swear!) apparently told "Rolling Stone" magazine about Zeeke's opinion, and they have responded in their 8/2/12 issue.  Not with a little column filler (suggested headline of "Zeeke's a Total Tool!"), but with the full cover story treatment. It included the cover photo and a six-page article with six more pics.

 

"Rolling Stone" included a couple of other stats, such as that Bieber has more Facebook fans that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney *combined*.  As a laugh at Bieber's popularity, it joked that, "Any day now you half expect the [Bill and Melissa] Gates Foundation to announce that it's given up on malaria and will henceforth focus all its resources on curing Bieber Fever."

 

As a final smackdown of Zeeke, the article opines that "Five years later, the [Bieber Fever] phenomenon shows no signs of abating."  [For the Zombies reading this, "abating" means "reducing in amount, degree, intensity, etc."]

 

So, let's see... self-appointed pop culture guru Zeeke says Bieber has been toast for at least a year.  "Rolling Stone" magazine devotes their cover and a substantial amount of inside space to basically saying exactly the opposite.  Hmmmm... which to believe... which to believe...

 

BTW, to update one small stat since my July 17th article, the view count on Bieber's YouTube fan video of Carly Rae Jepsen 's hit song has increased by another *2 million*.  In the same time frame, Zeeke's blog has had... let me double check... yep... ZERO comments.