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underpants

(182,632 posts)
Mon May 14, 2012, 07:37 PM May 2012

More ridiculous?


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The Time magazine cover this week
5 (100%)
The Newsweek cover this week
0 (0%)
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More ridiculous? (Original Post) underpants May 2012 OP
Here's the Time and Newsweek covers. NYC_SKP May 2012 #1
Here's the Newsweek cover ScreamingMeemie May 2012 #2
Thanks! I think the halo is silly. NYC_SKP May 2012 #3
The pics tell the difference longship May 2012 #4
they are both really stupid and trashy quinnox May 2012 #5
My 'FAVORITE' cover of the week Tx4obama May 2012 #6
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
3. Thanks! I think the halo is silly.
Mon May 14, 2012, 07:44 PM
May 2012

But for being worthy of ridicule, I gotta go with the Time cover.

longship

(40,416 posts)
4. The pics tell the difference
Mon May 14, 2012, 07:52 PM
May 2012

I don't know what to say about the Time cover. It's deliberately provocative and more than a bit weird. How many women allow their three year old son suckle? This isn't front page news.

As far as Newsweek is concerned, the pic is great; the text is an outright lie. Yes, this is probably deliberate provocation. But if I were the big boss, I would call the editor who approved it into my office and ask, "Do you know what you've done?"

I would give the editor a chance to explain. Then, no matter what the response was, I would say, "You're fired. Clean out your desk. You have ten minutes to get the hell off the premises."

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
5. they are both really stupid and trashy
Mon May 14, 2012, 08:01 PM
May 2012

but the Time cover takes the cake. The depths this so called "Magazine" has sunk is beyond comprehension. It will be a good day when it goes bankrupt sooner or later. Not sure if many people would notice though.

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