[STARWISE]

Lead Story (from Michelle Malkin)

P.D.S. alert: Us magazine’s partisan hit job
By Michelle Malkin •
September 2, 2008 11:17 PM

The next time you’re waiting at the grocery stands and tempted to buy Us magazine, stop and think again. Unless you’re buying it for oppo research, you may not want to put money in the pockets of rabid partisans who have turned their gossip rag into a propaganda arm for the Democrat Party.

This is the cover of the latest issue of Us:

(Shows the above cover pics)

A source forwards the following e-mail from former Clinton operative and Us weekly flack, Mark Neschis, that went out to all media in St. Paul:

Thought I would send over our Us Weekly/Sarah Palin cover story, on stands Friday, if helpful in your coverage. Might be useful as an illustration of how the news is playing out.(Us Weekly has 12 million, mostly female readers)

Mark Neschis
Corporate Communications Director Wenner Media Us Weekly | Rolling Stone | Men’s Journal

Steve Hayes notes that Us publisher Jann Wenner is a prominent Obama donor.

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Good for Matt Drudge ~~~!! Many, many millions will now see the indisputable evidence of the calculated and blatant mind-twisting orchestration and bias of the MSM now, and the active role they're playing in this election.

[Carling]

Also, the abuser/ex-husband was not fired.

A false claim on the cover of a mag seen at every grocery checkstand. The Palins should sue for millions and use part of the money to help find a cure for Down’s Syndrome.

[Miss Didi]

Fox has been showing the two covers all morning in outrage.

[Palladin]

This “strategy” by Wenner and his horde of queens will backfire bigtime!

[Palladin]

This “strategy” by Wenner and his horde of queens will backfire bigtime!

[Red Badger]

http://www.usmagazine.com/news/sarah-palin-very-difficult-to-work-with

Check out all the comments on their website! They have stepped in it BIGTIME! Dems & Reps alike seem to thin this is disgusting!.................

[penelopesire]

This is an OUTRAGE!!

[Rokurota]

US...and by “us”, we mean not you.

[tobyhill]

The MSM is now trying to change the subject about how they treated this Governor but it's too late, everyone already sees through their lying, bias, sexist, liberal, Democrat agenda.

[reagan_fanatic]

G*ddamn the news media and its bias.

[netmilsmom]

I like this poster on the site.

11:27 AM WOMAN STANDING TALL Says:

” Here are some of the sponsors, for all of you who are just as outraged as I am.
Cover Girl....Neutrogena.....Coca Cola/Powerade....Pepperidge Farm....Lady Foot Locker....CW....TRESemme....M&Ms....Olay...ABC...RID...
Jack in the Box....Glaxo Smith Klein...food network...Target....Wrigley’s.
..Special K....McDonalds....NutriSystem....WalGreen’s...Figi Water....
and Sony.

In addition to boycotting this piece of trash mag....I urge each of you to boycott these sponsors, until they pull advertising dollars away from US!!!!!”

Keep this one going Copy and paste. These are the sponsors of the trashy magazine

[coffee260]

My letter to US Weekly: NEW AMERICAN TERRORISM

To whom it may concern:

I can not find the words to express my utter disgust and contempt with the way in which US Weekly decided to terrorize Gov. Palin and her family.

I have never seen the vicious terrorizing and character assassination of one person disguised reporting.

And as for the credibility of the media, it is absolutely, 100%, utterly shot. Osama bin laden has more respect than the media.

American's across the country are so outraged at this terrorism against the Palin's. I can't go to the supermarket without people talking about their disdain for the homicidal digital lynch mob viciously terrorizing Gov. Palin and her family.

I have never trusted the media and always believed them to be liberally biased. But I always approached these sentiments with a little introspection and skepticism in the event that it was my ideological perception rather than the actual facts.

But after this weeks homicidal ravaging of terror on the Palin family in US Weekly, in other publications, and on television, I'm quite comfortable with my conclusion that, yes, the media are terrorists, dishonest, bias, and filled with charlatan political hacks.

I plan on boycotting every store in my city with US Weekly on their media racks. I have already contacted Walmart, and other stores and they all agree with me that US Weekly is using terrorist tactics against a family for political reasons.

Make no mistake, American's have never been this repulsed by the media, and in this case, US Weekly, in this country and they see this as not only an assault on Sarah Palin and her family. They see it as an assault on them.

I urge you to pull this terrorism on an innocent family. Otherwise I will mount an orchestrated campaign against US Weekly and call for boycotts of your publication all across my state. And don't think I don't have the influence. I own a chain of preschools and have US Weekly readers as not only my employees, but also as customers.

Again, if US Weekly thinks this is legitimate than they must agree with al qaeda's terrorist tactics as well. And for American's al qaeda is their enemy.

Thank you for your time and have a great day.

Sincerely,

[rlferny]

Looks as if they have distored her face slightly too.

She looks some what evil. Thanks U.S. Weekly.

Never will I allow that magainze in my home again.

[roses of sharon]

Here is contact information for US Magazine. Let them know how you feel:

Janice Min, Editor-in-Chief
Victoria Lasdon Rose, Publisher
Scott Willett, Associate Publisher
Jon Tuck, Advertising Director

New York
1290 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10104
Phone 212-484-1616. Fax 212-484-4242.
Nina Levine (Entertainment Director) nina.levine@usmagazine.com
Andi Rimas (Account Manager) andi.rimas@usmagazine.com
Erica Shlafer (Fashion Account Manager) erica.shlafer@usmagazine.com
Kate Solinsky (Account Manager) kate.solinsky@usmagazine.com
Jon Spellman (Account Manager) jon.spellman@usmagazine.com
Michele Goldenberg (Direct Response Account Manager) michele.goldenberg@usmagazine.com
Sabrina Ng (Direct Response Account Manager) sabrina.ng@usmagazine.com

http://www.srds.com/mediakits/us_weekly/contact.html

[Devilinbaggypants]

How can they can sit there with a straight face and honestly say there not biased...do they really believe the garbage they shovel to us everyday. The MSM journalist et al are the most biased group of individuals and they have the nerve to say we'd miss em if they were gone. Me...I wouldn't miss um one bit!

[Political Junkie Too]

Thought I would send over our Us Weekly/Sarah Palin cover story, on stands Friday, if helpful in your coverage. Might be useful as an illustration of how the news is playing out.(Us Weekly has 12 million, mostly female readers)

So, does this email that indicates coordination mean that Us Weekly is making an in-kind donation to the Obama campaign? Do they need to file paperwork with the FTC?

That's 12 million copies of this photo that they're proud of spreading on Obama's behalf, and asking the rest of the media to coordinate reporting around it.

-PJ

[nutmeg]

Check out the comparison of the two US magazine covers (warm and fuzzy Obama cover vs. "scandal and lies" Palin cover). Absolutely despicable.

Be sure to read STARWISE's post #1...

[kinghorse]

Proctor and Gamble can be reached at 800-568-4035. They are responsible for Cover Girl, Crest, Olay as well as a a lot of the other ads in this POS.

Neutrogena can be reached at 1-800-582-4048.

Coca Cola consumer relations can be reached at (404)676-5009.

GSK can be reached at 888-825-5249.

[nhwingut]

Axelrod must have missed their monthly payment to Drudge. I’ve noticed he’s climbed out of the Obama tank the past few days. He’s been focusing on the blatant media bias. This bodes well.

[Miss Didi]

And now the Enquirer:

[sappy]

WOW! Not even sure what to say, which is odd for me.