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TOP STORY

THE DOC THAT HAS EVERYONE TALKING

Well: we did expect our inbox to be bursting at the seams this morning, but it appears a kind of post-holiday malaise has struck our writers and the pickings are fairly slim. Still, a wild new movie trailer has the stack buzzing on this Tuesday.  Nathan Fielder’s upcoming You Can See Everything — a documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s attempts to clear her name before she began serving a 11-year sentence for defrauding investors — dropped a viral trailer Sunday night which has been the talk of Newsletter-land.

The trailer is certainly odd — and as he introduced the film this past weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, Fielder himself admitted he is “struggling to this day to understand exactly what I experienced.”

THREE TAKES

The Poynter Report, Tom Jones — Jones described the documentary as “bizarre” Tuesday morning, and directed readers toward two takes that especially encapsulate the response the film received this weekend. The New York Times’ Nicole Sperling noted the documentary “movie features long, intense conversations between Fielder and Holmes with extreme close-ups” and that parts of the story that “can’t be featured in on-camera interviews is depicted in innovative recreations.” Crucially, she added there is “a surprise plot point that shouldn’t be spoiled.” Jones also pointed toward Vanity Fair’s Rebecca Ford, who said the audience received the film with “shock and awe.”

Morning Brew, Matty Merritt — Audiences should not expect to walk out of theaters “with any clear answers” this October, Merritt wrote today. He also noted the doc “is apparently really weird,” and so was its presentation. “The filming took place in secret. The audience at Telluride didn’t even know what the movie was about until they entered the theater,” Merritt continued. On top of that, “Throughout the doc, which runs almost three hours, Fielder tries to find the truth about what happened with Theranos and if Holmes was being manipulated—or doing the manipulating.”

TheWrap, Carla Renata — The doc is “sheer craziness,” Renata’s headline screamed this morning. Ahead of its debut at the festival, “predictions had been all over the place.” Renata also included a pretty fun tidbit: one guest was asked to put her phone into a pouch and refused, and “begrudgingly volunteered to leave and then ducked behind a black curtain, never to be seen again. Security chased her and we are still wondering where she is.” Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim also told attendees that Holmes and her then-boyfriend, Billy Evans, approached A24 about “having their lives documented.” Renata didn’t give spoilers, but did write that the “documentary uncovers complex new layers to the Holmes saga and pushes the boundaries of nonfiction filmmaking into new, uncharted terrain.”

Elsewhere in the stack, a few others also referenced Ford’s review. That included CNN’s Reliable Sources by Brian Stelter and Page Six Hollywood’s Ian Mohr.

TAKEAWAY: The story of Holmes and Theranos is compelling, and the documentary is likely to be a hit when it’s released on Oct. 16. And at a time when movies have struggled to get an in-person audience, that feels notable for an industry pondering its next moves. It’s a project that feels more at home on a streaming platform. But a massive box office return might have executives rethinking their strategies on going straight to Netflix, Hulu and others.

TOP SCOOPS & ANALYSIS

SCOOP Status, Natalie Korach —Some staffers at EPN were “frustrated” when the network “cast doubt” on the work of Don Van Natta Jr., Baxter Holmes, Ramona Shelburne, who published a report about the suspension of Steve Ballmer, who’s been accused of circumventing the NBA’s salary cap rules. Their take: “Sources: NBA has no evidence Ballmer funneled money to Leonard via sponsors.” Korach reported Monday. The story “remains unchanged” three weeks after it was published, but “it no longer seems to entirely match the reality of the situation.” Staffers also told Status that the entire situation is a “disaster” that’s coming after a summer of “an unusual amount of drama.” The biggest contributing factor is that the Aug. 17 story by Natta, Holmes, and Shelburne has “ignited tensions” between the network and Pablo Torre, who believes ESPN was “fed a story by the Clippers that the Clippers may have known was not true.”

ANALYSIS   The Bulwark’s Morning Shots, Bill Kristol and Andrew Egger — President Donald Trump “fired off more than sixty social media posts” on Sunday, and each was “more bizarre than the last” and “weirdly dystopian.” He continued that trend well into Monday, including one in which he wrote that his political opposition “should be exhausted by now, but they’re not.” Kristol explained, “This admission should cheer us all up. But not too much. It’s not a good thing that we have an unhinged president with more than two years left in his term … it is good that even Trump has to admit that his critics aren’t exhausted. And it is good, as Trump doesn’t admit but as he surely knows, that their ranks are growing. That our ranks are growing.”

ANALYSIS   The Poynter Report, Tom Jones — The “stunning news” that Fox parted ways with Maria Bartiromo last week remains compelling, Jones wrote. There are also conflicting accounts about how and why she was fired, with Bartiromo’s team refuting the idea that “Bartiromo was fired or is no longer an employee of Fox” as “absolutely and unequivocally false.” But if “Bartiromo did share confidential information from Fox executives with the White House,” then the rest of us should “credit Fox for seeing it for what it was: an inexcusable and fireable offense,” Jones concluded.

ANALYSIS   Semafor, Ben Smith — “The relationship between the Pentagon and journalists” continues to “hit new lows,” Smith wrote today. That’s something that war reporter Wesley Morgan has been speaking about. Morgan, who arrived in Baghdad to cover the war there as 19-year-old college student in 2007, more than has the chops to address the topic. The work he did and others contributed has meant “there’s a generation of Army officers and Marine officers who had a ton of exposure to reporters, and became very discerning about understanding how to deal with the media.” But that relationship today is “atrocious,”and as Smith also wrote, “Israel has put Gaza effectively off-limits to journalism, and Ukraine tightly manages access to its front line.”

ANALYSIS Morning Brew, Adam Epstein — The success of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, gives the political party “the chance to form the country’s first far-right state government since the Nazi era,” Epstein wrote today. It’s still “unclear” if the party will “would receive the support necessary from other parties in order to govern in the state” thanks to a firewall established by the country’s “mainstream political parties.” Notably, Germany’s “intelligence agency classifies the nationalist, anti-immigrant AfD as an extremist group in some regions.” 

BUSINESS OF MEDIA 

CJR’s Near and Far, Carolina Abbott Galvão — CJR has an interesting deep dive for anyone interested in the modern media business (which we assume you, dear One Sheet readers, are). Harrisburg journalists learned in spring 2023 that their listener-supported radio station WITF was being gifted LNP, a daily newspaper covering Lancaster County and owned for over a century by the prominent Steinman family. The deal, which was immediately met with suspicion from WITF workers, combined LNP and WITF under a new nonprofit called Pennon, accompanied by a $30 million grant spread over five years. However, Pennon severely underappreciated the business challenges of running a daily newspaper; by late 2024, Pennon was forced to execute severe newsroom layoffs, and LNP was soon losing approximately $450,000 every month. Cassie Farrelly, Pennon’s senior vice president, filed a whistleblower lawsuit in June 2026 alleging that Pennon’s board and senior management failed to protect funds and that conditions attached to the deal—including a downtown office lease costing over $800,000 a year until 2040 and a printing contract with Steinman-owned Susquehanna Printing—created a “circular funding pattern” that squeezed millions of dollars from Pennon back to Steinman-related entities. Facing an operating deficit of $1.4 million, Pennon considered declaring bankruptcy by October 2025 before former NPR host David Greene moved to spin LNP off into a new independent nonprofit called Always Lancaster, which has successfully broken the expensive lease, switched printers, and stabilized LNP‘s operations.  QUOTE “In some ways, the challenges for the press in small-town central Pennsylvania are not dissimilar to the ones faced by news outlets across the country. As local newspapers struggle to sell advertising, subscriptions dwindle, and funds for public media dry up, nonprofit endeavors—like the Salt Lake Tribune’s transition, in 2019, and the Chicago Sun-Times’, in 2022—are on the rise. Philanthropists have poured funds into journalism across the United States. Yet these projects can, as WITF and LNP show, come with complications.”

The Rebooting, Brian Morrissey — Legacy media brand Playboy is executing a major strategic turnaround to pivot away from what its leadership calls an “asset-light licensing business” and return to its roots as somewhat of a direct lifestyle brand. (If you can’t recall the prominence of Playboy-branded apparel or restaurants, you must be one of those mythical people who flipped through it for the articles.) Led by new president David Miller (formerly of National Geographic Media) and editor-in-chief Phillip Picardi (formerly of Teen Vogue), the pub has gone back to a quarterly print format featuring high-profile celebrity covers. While some lifestyle brands are scrambling for short-term cash grabs, Miller intends to balance investment in high-quality media to avoid a private equity-style “quality spiral” that degrades legacy names into cheap licensing products. Under this model, the print magazine serves as a primary marketing arm to drive experiential partnerships, membership offerings, and events. QUOTE “The magazine’s quarterly frequency lends itself to focusing attention on larger brand initiatives. For instance, a Playboy swim-focused issue can used as part of a larger activation during Miami Swim Week tied to events and licensed products. There are plans for membership offerings that are about access to experiences rather than only content. A Playboy Club in Miami Beach, where Playboy relocated its headquarters, is an aspiration.”

Poynter, Tom Jones — Of interest to One Sheet readers: The Poynter Institute and the Public Media Company have launched the “Future of Public Media Initiative,” a national effort to design a renewed public interest media system built to serve communities over the next 50 years. The project arrives after a massive shock in 2025, when the federal government under President Donald Trump voted to strip Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) funding. Poynter’s Sitara Nieves and PMC CEO Tim Isgitt explain that the sudden loss of federal revenue hit small and rural stations with existential survival threats and severed the systemic funding that held the entire public media network together. The FPM initiative aims to establish a shared framework and deliver full recommendations by the first quarter of 2027 based on comprehensive community research. QUOTE Per Nieves, “The end of federal funding was a seismic shock for the 1,500 stations that are across the country — though not all in the same way… For many stations, the funding that came through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was actually a relatively small part of their budget… But for some of the smallest and most rural stations, that funding was a more significant part of their budget and was an existential threat to their survival.”

CNN Reliable Sources, Brian Stelter — In case you somehow missed it, CBS News’ flagship newsmagazine, “60 Minutes,” is heading into its 59th season under a heavy microscope following a big editorial and staff restructuring. Several veteran correspondents, including Scott Pelley, Sharyn Alfonsi, and Cecilia Vega, were fired or left since the end of last season amidst accusations that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss attempted to inject political bias into their work. To modernize and repair the program’s image, new executive producer Nick Bilton is implementing little visual changes, including moving away from “walk and talk” shots and replacing the traditional background “book” graphics. The upcoming season will feature new correspondents Ross Douthat, Sebastian Junger, Gianna Toboni, and Trevor Phillips alongside vets Lesley Stahl and Bill Whitaker. QUOTE “This will start the 59th season of the iconic news magazine show, but there has never been a more critical or anticipated season in its history.”

Awful Announcing, Brendon Kleen — Charles Barkley has teased retirement once again, stating that the upcoming NBA season on TNT Sports will 100% be his last and claiming that longtime host Ernie Johnson is also set to step away. Barkley previously threatened retirement in 2024 before TNT lost its NBA rights, only to parlay his leverage into a lucrative contract extension. Because Barkley has spent a quarter-century utilizing a savvy sense of how to maximize his earnings at every stage of his media career, industry critics remain highly skeptical of his comments as he enters another contract year. QUOTE “The latest claim is timed almost perfectly to the last time Barkley pulled this.”

OTHER COOL STUFF

Feed Me — London has officially launched a personals section strictly for restaurant lovers. The debut ad features a St. John Welsh Rarebit enthusiast seeking a kindred spirit to share a post-dinner Negroni with.

WHAT GOT MISSED?

Punchbowl News AM — Rep. Shomari Figures (D-AL) is collaborating with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, on a “hybrid ad” for a seat in a district that was “solidly Democratic before the Alabama legislature redrew its districts following the Supreme Court’s VRA decision,” Punchbowl reported today. Now that same seat is R+7.

NEWSLETTER OF THE DAY

Feed Me, Emily Sundberg — Sundberg’s newsletter is a fun romp through everything from a new podcast by the New York Times about NYC, “tits are MAGA-coded, depressing news for fig lovers, [and] depressing news for champagne lovers” on what was otherwise not the most compelling day we’ve seen from the stack. But things aren’t all doom and gloom, and Sundberg also took a look at the role of the homepage in 2026, and especially interesting question to ask for anyone who grew up with the pre-social media  internet. It turns out they’re still just as relevant as ever, and continue to offer the chance to “control how you present yourself, your work, and what you want to be known for.”

This newsletter was produced by Lindsey Ellefson.

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CNN anchor Audie Cornish moderated a panel discussion on Monday about President Donald Trump sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend.

Cornish began the conversation, “Joining the group, Harrison Mann, a former US Army major and former executive officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency. So I was trying to think, what has changed?”

“One, we know our head of intelligence went to Moscow, right, even though we don’t know the details of what happened. And then the second thing, Russia has developed some new technology, right, in terms of how it can attack Ukraine. So, A, are those two things true? And B, do you think that had an effect on getting everyone to the table?”

Mann replied, “Yeah, I think that the biggest thing that’s changed is the reason that negotiations were suspended for six months. The last time Witkoff and Kushner were in Russia was in February. What’s happened between then and now — Trump started this big war in Iran. And that’s probably the biggest effect that has weakened the negotiating position of Ukraine and the pro-Ukraine alliance.”

“Why? Because I thought Ukraine had so much knowledge around drone warfare now that they were in a position to go to the United States and say, ‘Hey, we can help you figure out how to deal with Iran’s drones,’” pressed Cornish.

Mann replied, “They can help us maybe defend against Iranian drones, but there’s been a constant, evolving arms race as Russian and Ukrainian forces and inventors learn from each other on the battlefield — that’s been going on basically since day one. Any technological advance maybe gives one side an advantage for a couple months before somebody else learns how to deal with it.”

“Now, allegedly, Russia maybe has AI-guided drones which allow it to overcome all of the jamming networks that Ukraine’s developed, for example. But now — I mean, first of all — I think it’s worth recognizing that you don’t send Kushner and Witkoff when you actually really want to get something done. We can look at their track record: Iran, Gaza. You can notice Vance and Rubio are nowhere near this right now, which gives you an idea of the lack of seriousness, in my view,” Mann added to a chuckle from Cornish.

Below is the rest of their exchange:

Cornish: Well, let’s at least give people a chance to hear for themselves. Here’s an example of Witkoff talking about Putin on Saturday. This was in Moscow.

Witkoff in Clip: “So, first of all, President Putin, thank you so much for having us. We were sitting outside just now — me, Jared, and Carol — and then Yuri joined us, and we were all talking about when we retire, we’ll have all these incredible stories and incredible memories, and yours will be right at the top of it all.”

Cornish: As you know, it’s his eighth trip — but doesn’t flattery get you everywhere when you’re dealing with a dictator?

Mann: No, and I’m not even sure it’s flattery. I mean, I think Witkoff is genuinely — you know, it’s the friends we made along the way, whatever happens with ending this war. It’s like these guys are not really there to lean hard on anybody. And again, I don’t think they’re really, you know, intellectually or experientially equipped to do this, like you said. Eight times, I think, and we’re not even sure what deal, if any, they’ve offered. They definitely have even less leverage than they did back in February, due to the diminishing amount of support that the U.S. can provide Ukraine. We used up both offensive and defensive munitions that Ukraine wants in Iran.

Cornish: In the meantime, the fight remains over, I think, control over a nuclear facility and the land to swap. So, for people who don’t know at home, the idea is this war has been going on long enough that territory has been taken on both sides, and Ukraine is trying to basically retain its borders. Can that happen under this scenario?

Mann: No, I think — yeah, there’s the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which Russia captured from Ukraine. And then there’s the Eastern Donbas region, which Putin is demanding that Ukraine cede even more of in exchange for peace. I think those are quite bold and probably unreasonable demands. But on the other hand, it’s really not realistic that Ukraine is going to reclaim more territory on the battlefield. So it’s up to, apparently, Witkoff and Kushner to bridge this gap, which I don’t really think that they’re qualified to do.

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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President Donald Trump raised eyebrows and sparked criticism on both sides of the aisle on Monday by posting a map of the United States expanding to include both Canada and Mexico.

Many pundits and observers on the left questioned Trump’s mental well-being and accused him of trying to distract from high gas prices and other issues with the post. On the right, pundits called out the hypocrisy of Trump wanting to erase the U.S.- Mexico border after years of campaigning on strengthening it.

Trump’s post was the latest in a bevy of wild social media messages from the president, which included several maps renaming “New Mexico’ to “New America” and a Labor Day message insulting Democrats.

The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf shared Trump’s AI-generated map and added, “And his remaining base of support is such a sycophantic personality cult that they’ll simultaneously cheer posts touting mass deportations to Mexico *and* subsuming Mexico into America.”

“Why would we want this, though?” added conservative writer James Lindsay.

“This same Republican Party used to be terrified in the 2000s that elites were secretly planning to unite Canada, America and Mexico,” commented political journalist Nick Field.

Below are some additional reactions:

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has little patience for speculation about who will eventually inherit the political movement he helped build.

In a wide-ranging Politico profile published Sunday by Will Steakin, Sanders pushed back when asked which younger progressive might eventually take the torch. According to Steakin, questioning the Vermont senator on the topic “becomes an exercise in watching a man swat away question after question.”

“That is precisely the wrong question,” Sanders shot back, accusing the Politico journalist of “sounding like an inside-the-Beltway media pundit.”

Instead, Sanders said the “right question” was how many strong figures the progressive movement had already produced, pointing to Reps. Greg Casar (D-TX), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

“The media is focused on personality,” Sanders complained to Steakin. “‘Oh my God, what will Alexandria do? Is she going to run for president? Run for the Senate? Stay in the House? Let’s talk about that for 14 years.’ How often do we talk about the fact that we’re the only major country on earth that doesn’t guarantee health care to all people?”

While Ocasio-Cortez said in May that her “ambition is way bigger” than the Oval Office, she’s also made clear that a 2028 presidential bid isn’t off the table.

Sanders was similarly tight-lipped when pressed on her potential plans.

“Do I talk to Alexandria? Yes, I do. Am I going to tell you what we talk about? Of course I won’t,” he told Politico. Asked directly if he wanted her to mount a campaign, Sanders responded, “No comment. That’s her decision.”

His remarks about a potential successor come after a number of fellow socialists have won Democratic primaries recently and as his pal Zohran Mamdani (D) is in his first year as mayor of New York City.

Sanders also emphasized that another White House run of his own is not in the cards, joking about his age as he prepares to turn 85.

“Well, I am 40 years of age now,” he deadpanned, “and I think having reached the golden age of 40, it’s hard, you know. So yeah, I think it’s unlikely that I will become president of the United States.”

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He’s just joking around… you would think.

President Donald Trump hinted he isn’t done changing the names of major geographic locations in a Sunday post on Truth Social, with the president apparently now looking at swapping the name of a U.S. state — New Mexico.

Trump posted a map of the Southwest state with the word “Mexico” getting crossed out in bright red and replaced with the word “America,” in a move which unofficially rechristened it “New America.”

You can check it out below:

(Photo via Truth Social)

The post is (likely) just a troll following the president’s much-publicized renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America last month, in retaliation to a trade deal with Canada collapsing at the last minute. Trump’s name change immediately riled up many liberals, while a ton of MAGA fans hailed the move by saying it was elite trolling from Trump. Google and Apple also went ahead and changed the name for U.S. users on their map apps.

But the move hasn’t been a hit with most Americans, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll which found only 14% of citizens were fans of name change. Still, the president’s official Trump Store quickly moved to serve those citizens who do like the name change by selling $55 hats with Lake America emblazoned on them.

Trump kept the jabs at Canada coming last weekend by posting a video of machine gun-wielding Canadian geese — which he dubbed “Donald Ducks” — patrolling the lake on his behalf.

He followed the geese video up a bit later with an AI clip of himself kicking over a sign reading “Lake Ontario” and planting a Lake America sign in its place; the president then broke into his trademark “YMCA” dance in the video.

And on August 30, Trump declared he wanted the USA to reject all products coming from North of the border — unless those Canadian companies are willing to relocate to the States.

“I don’t want Canadian cars, I don’t want Canadian parts, I don’t want Canadian anything,” Trump fumed.

This all followed Trump renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America early in his second term — a move which generated a similar amount of headlines and pushback from MAGA critics.

Trump’s post about New Mexico came amid a flurry of other posts which included him mocking “jerk” Robert De Niro and riding on horseback alongside George Washington.

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Fox Business’s Jackie DeAngelis has filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods, saying she was attacked by a dog while in a New York store.

The lawsuit, which was first found and reported by the New York Post’s Sonya Gugliara on Saturday, alleges that DeAngelis, the co-host of The Big Money Show, was bitten by a dog at the Whole Foods at 10 Columbus Circle.

DeAngelis, 46, has worked as a financial correspondent, anchor, and host during her tenure at Fox Business. She began at the network in 2019.

She was allegedly left with “severe and permanent personal injuries” and with limited mobility after the black pit bull bit her left hand, she alleged in the court papers filed Aug. 20 in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Police told the Post the dog and its owner allegedly involved in the Sept. 20, 2023 incident left the store before they had arrived.

Whole Foods only allows pets in their stores if they are registered service animals, but DeAngelis claimed the animal was not a service pet and that Whole Foods should have been aware of this.

“The subject dog was present within the store for a sufficient period of time and under such circumstances that defendant, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have discovered its presence prior to the attack upon plaintiff,” she claimed in the legal filing.

DeAngelis alleged Whole Foods “failed to reasonably enforce its own policies” and “failed to exercise reasonable care in controlling and regulating the presence of unauthorized animals within its premises.”

According to the suit, DeAngelis underwent surgical treatment, but has been left with “significant scarring and disfigurement.”

“Plaintiff’s injuries and resulting damages are permanent and continuing in nature,” the suit states, adding she has been “unable to perform her usual activities and duties for periods of time and may continue to suffer limitations in the future.”

DeAngelis is seeking unspecified damages for her medical expenses and emotional distress.

Fox Business did not provide comment to Mediaite, while Whole Foods did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Dolly Parton’s younger sister admitted it’s been difficult for the legendary singer’s family to deal with what she called “endless garbage” being posted online since the icon’s death.

Stella Parton, 77, took to Instagram to thank members of the public offering what she described as “genuine” support for the family:

As most of you who follow my accounts know, I’m an early riser, so here goes during my coffee hour.

First let me say, thank you to the ones of you who have shown “genuine” support and love during this time of our family bereavement.

We will be okay in time but each of us will grieve in our own personal way.

Every human being experiences pain and loss in life and my family is no different.

Sadly, because of the way our lives have been lived in front of the public, we have no choice but to be subjected to incredible pressure and insensitivity from strangers.

There is a tremendous amount of AI and endless garbage being posted everyday and it’s been challenging to absorb and or ignore.

As time passes, those who are in the business of exploiting the loss and tragedies of others on a daily basis will move on to the next stampede of endless misinformation.

My big sister Dolly would be surprised and delighted by the love her family and she have been shown during this time.

She loved her fans and the public in general. That is the reason she chose not to express on a lot of things like politics, religion and individuals in the public eye.

Dolly Parton died Aug. 25 at age 80 after a reported battle with cancer.

Stella Parton’s admission of frustration came a day after Variety reported the famed singer, songwriter and actress’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame had been replaced — after someone vandalized it following news of her death.

The star on Hollywood Boulevard had been given to Parton in 1984, and had a crack in it before someone scratched the tribute, according to reports.

Comedian Bill Maher was slammed after he tried to joke about Parton’s death during the Aug. 28 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher.

“All this was going on, and all America could really talk about this week was how sad it is we lost Dolly Parton,” Maher said.

“Everybody around the country, even around the world—London, they’re doing things, the Santa Monica ferris wheel is lit up with hearts, the Empire State Building was put up in pink. The Sphere in Las Vegas added a nipple.”

Critics shredded Maher as “lame” and a “soulless ghoul” for the joke.

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