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Also in New York this week: Anonymous workplace confessions. Here's what one Page Six writer has to say about the gossip column's do-not-hit list: "I can't recall a single instance in which we were told to write something nice about someone specifically because a higher-up at News Corp. wanted that. And that whole Rupert sending items or tips down? That's mostly conjecture. You never really felt like you were part of an evil-empire-type thing. Sure, you know who people's friends are, and you're aware of that. Wait, I think one time we were told, years ago, 'Go easy on Anna Wintour.'" [NYM]