Told you we were headed down a slippery slope. When Janice Min began carrying out the Jann Wenner-ordered “Fake News” hatchet jobs that we’ve grown so fond of, we knew it was only a matter of time before the tabs fought back. Up first is Star, which retaliated this afternoon with the web story “US Magazine’s Twisted Double Life!.”

The beef centers around Us‘ June 11 cover story “Inside Shiloh’s World: The secret home life of a daddy’s girl and the surprising truth about Mom,” which gave readers the idea that the Wenner weekly had uncovered untold scores of uber-exclusive details of what it’s like to live with Brad and Angelina as your parents.

Except, argues Star: “US Weekly’s revelations about Jolie-Pitt’s “secret home life” aren’t so secret after all. In fact, most of the article has been recycled from TV interviews and other magazines, including Reader’s Digest, U.K.’s Elle and Glamour!”

Oooh, unsourced reporting!

Says Star:

US Weekly’s fascinating revelations (that, ahem, they’ve totally “borrowed” from previously published interviews) include these riveting bon mots: Angelina loves spending time with her children, creating Easter baskets, and sharing play dates with her kids, their friends and the other moms. Yes, it sure sounds like Angelina is a terrific mother, according to US.

But hold on — that’s quite a different picture from the one Us Weekly recently painted of Jolie in it’s April 9 issue, whose cover story on Angelina blared: “Her Twisted Double Life!”

That feature — which, again, recycled previously published Jolie interviews from other publications — went on for eight pages, claiming Angelina had “broken her promise to be a stay-at-home mom” and that she had “secret fights with Brad over Pax’s adoption.” Of course, neither of these appear to be true: The couple is still together, and Jolie has just anounced that she will be taking a year off to be with her children.

Not that Star has ever used the reports of other outlets without credit, of course. Meanwhile, this hatchet job never would’ve happened if Bonnie Fuller – mentor to Us’s Min – were still in charge. But we’re on Candace Trunzo’s watch now. And if you don’t play nice with Candace, her gloves are coming off.

Original post by Perez and software by Elliott Back