US Weekly’s Janice Min Defends Controversial Sarah Palin Cover
Janice Min, the editor of Us Weekly, argued that politicians were fair game:
“This is an election where personality is getting sold, oftentimes far ahead of platform, and that personal interest in the candidates has definitely crossed over into the pop-culture arena,” Min said in the New York Times. “I think that after so many years where people decried the interest in celebrity as a distraction from real issues, I’ve definitely noticed the worlds converging.”
Covering the personal lives of well-known figures is what Us Weekly does, Min said. “Everyone who gets covered in the magazine, we’re looking for the same element in the story: it’s romance, it’s personal stories, it definitely can be scandal.”
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