US Magazine

I went out and bought myself an US Magazine today, along with the National Enquirer I was planning to get to read about Sarah Palin's alleged affair with her husband's former business partner. There wasn't much meat to the Enquirer article; hopefully they will provide more later. I wouldn't have even paid attention had not McCain's campaign threatened a lawsuit against the Enquirer. Say what you will about the paper, but in my experience they usually nail it.

I bought the US Magazine because of an article I read on MSNBC.com about the backlash against their cover story. Apparently, there are people who are angry about the current edition's cover, which features a photo of a smiling Palin holding her sleeping baby "Trig," and the headline reads "John McCain's VP Sarah Palin - Babies, Lies & Scandal." Courtney Hazlett says in "The Scoop" that the publication has lost 5,000 or more angry subscribers who feel that Palin is getting a raw deal with that choice of headline, and the article, which discusses all the dirt that was already out there. I don't know about the rest of the world, but controversy like this just makes me go out and spend $3.99 for a magazine that I normally wouldn't read. I don't suppose my $3.99 makes up for the alleged 5,000 that US is supposedly losing for its choice of a cover story, but I also suspect that there are at least 5,000 people who, just like me, went out and purchased a copy of the magazine to see what all the hoopla is about. And, there's a lot to this Palin story that just "makes you go hmmmm...." It will be interesting to see how it all shakes out.


Separated At Birth?

I saw an article today about the troubled McKenzie Phillips, who never seems to the be in the news any more unless she's being arrested on a drug charge. When I saw her, I thought it was Heidi Fleiss and wondered whether they had been separated at birth: