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M.I.A. Escalates Feud With Reporter, Releases 'I'm A Singer' Dis Track

Singer posts audio excerpts of New York Times interview and a retaliatory new song on her label's website.By Gil Kaufman M.I.A. Photo: Michael Buckner/ Getty Images M.I.A. has made it crystal clear that she didn't take kindly to her portrayal in last week's New York Times Magazine profile. First, she Twitter-tacked by posting the phone number of the piece's author, journalist Lynn Hirschberg, and over the Memorial Day weekend, she escalated the battle by posting excerpts of the interv...

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15:05 on June 3 2010

New York Times Posts M.I.A. Correction

Pitchfork — After that controversial M.I.A. article in The New York Times Magazine and those controversial Twitter posts about writer Lynn Hirschberg and then the controversial audio... more info
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13:25 on June 1 2010

M.I.A. Escalates Feud With Reporter, Releases 'I'm A Singer' Dis Track

MTV.com News — Singer posts audio excerpts of New York Times interview and a retaliatory new song on her label's website.By Gil Kaufman M.I.A. Photo: Michael Buckner/ Getty Image... more info
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00:41 on June 2 2010

M.I.A. blasts New York Times writer in song

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Recording artist M.I.A. takes aim at "journalists," "haters" and "racists" in a new song called "I'm a Singer," which she posted to her official we... more info
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16:51 on June 3 2010

M.I.A. Quotes Were Out Of Context, NY Times Editor's Note Says

MTV.com News — Paper's website now concedes that two quotes in controversial feature were rearranged.By James Montgomery M.I.A. Photo: Jon Kopaloff/ FilmMagic First, there was... more info
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14:10 on June 1 2010

M.I.A. – “Haters”

Stereogum — As M.I.A. promised on Friday, she posted some audio from her image-damaging (and frenemy-making) Lynn Hirschberg interview in the New York Times. In the short clips, we l... more info
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15:10 on June 3 2010

NY Times issues (small) M.I.A. story correction

Brooklyn Vegan — Editors' Note: June 3, 2010 The cover article in The Times Magazine on Sunday profiled the singer and political activist M.I.A. While discussing her efforts to draw atten... more info
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13:26 on June 1 2010

M.I.A. Escalates Feud With Reporter, Releases 'I'm A Singer' Dis Track

VH1 News — M.I.A. continues her public feud with New York Times reporter Lynn Hirschberg online. more info
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16:53 on June 3 2010

M.I.A. Quotes Were Out Of Context, NY Times Editor's Note Says

VH1 News — The New York Times has now added an editor's note to last weekend's feature on M.I.A. stating that two of the artist's quotes were taken out of context. more info
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17:06 on June 2 2010

M.I.A. Continues Feud With The New York Times

411 Mania — Listen to a new clip from "I'm A Singer"... more info
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17:00 on May 31 2010

M.I.A. Airs Out Feud With New York Writer In Song

Starpulse — Angry singer/songwriter M.I.A. has stepped up her feud with New York writer Lynn Hirschberg by taking aim at her in a new song, days after she posted the journalist's tel... more info
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17:45 on June 2 2010

Check Out the New M.I.A. Diss Track with Various Production

XLR8R — The widely followed flame war between M.I.A. and NY Times writer Lynn Hirschberg over a not-so-positive article the reporter wrote on the musician was taken to a whole ne... more info
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17:00 on June 1 2010

M.I.A. Continues To Unleash On NYT Magazine Reporter, Premieres New Track!

Perez Hilton — She really is not letting this one go, is she?! M.I.A. is still seriously PISSED OFF about an interview she did with New York Times Magazine reporter Lynn Hirschberg, in ... more info
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