Us Weekly's newest issue features Republican Vice Presidential nominate Sarah Palin on its front cover of the current edition. To go along with the picture of the Alaskan Govnor, Palin holds her youngest child. The headline reads "Babies, Lies, and Scandals."
It appears certain subscribers are unhappy with how the magazine represent Palin as compared to Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, who is tenderly holding his wife, Michelle. The caption relates to how they love each other. According to MSNBC.com, subscribers are already canceling their subscriptions due to the difference in representation.
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Is this a "fair" representation of both political sides given by journalism? To some, especially readers unhappy with the magazine, this may be seen as a sort of persuasion, biased and unfair propaganda in favor of the Democratic party.
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With such a politically heated stage only to get hotter, the media's representation of political candidates will be scrutinized even more so. From a personal constituent standpoint, I believe voters from both parties will criticize the methods in which the media cover their political candidate. To each his own, but the way in which US Weekly features Palin seems to prey off her "celebrity, scandalous" status at the current moment.
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