To be fair, this isn't some paparazzi shot of her at the grocery store. She made the choice to sit down for an exclusive cover story. That shows a great deal of strength on her part.
Still. The media eats people.
You wrote:
“She made the choice to sit down for an exclusive cover story. That shows a great deal of strength on her part.”
This young woman is clearly very strong. I agree entirely. Apparently, however, this was not a sit down interview:
“Dugard was not interviewed by the magazine, although people close to her spoke at length about her rehabilitation and that of her two daughters, Angel, 15, and Starlit, 11....The 10-page article is accompanied by many pictures of Dugard and her mother. Dugard’s daughters are shown only from the back.
“TODAY’s Matt Lauer asked People’s managing editor, Larry Hackett, if the magazine paid for the photographs, which were taken by a private photographer engaged by the family.
“We have bought photographs in the past,” Hackett said, apparently confirming that the family was paid for the pictures. “I don’t want to go into the details.”
“Hackett said that Dugard and her mother decided to allow publication of the photos and to tell their story because of the intense interest.”
Good for her. I hope she can build a life after what that despicable creep did to her. I can’t imagine what she went through when she was just a girl of 11 !