I’ve noticed it before of course, but today’s magazine headlines really take the piss. I’m not talking about the Women’s Own type of rag however, with headlines like “I Married My Own Leg, Then It Tried To Rape Me” but rather the gossip magazines. Since apparently all women still have Royal Wedding fever, most of the gossip rags have gone for something “Wills and Kate ZOMG!” related. And they’re all spouting random bollocks and sticking a picture of the newly married couple on it in the hope that people will want to lap up anything no matter how stupid it sounds. For instance, the best one I saw today had to be “Pippa tells Kate: I’ll steal your crown.”
What? No seriously, what?
Where is their proof for that particular load of horse manure? Did she give them that quote directly? Did more magazine secure an interview with the sister of the new Duchess of Cambridge and she said that herself? I highly doubt it.
It’s bollocks. And if anyone buys said magazine in the hope that that particular headline has some truth behind it, well then I pity them.
I’m not surprised of course but it got me wondering, how is this sort of ‘journalism’ not considered libellous? It’s clearly made up, yet these publications do this every week with a different set of celebrities. I mean, if it’s alright to do it I’d start printing things like ‘Italian and Spanish are the same language’ and face no repercussions.
Another of the magazines had “Pippa’s (who seems to be the star du jour) constant phone calls to Harry.” Again, doubtful at the most, bollocks at the least. I mean, I guess celebrities are fair game, as they at least could be in on it, but you’d think someone who’s royalty would stand up and get them to stop the magazine printing this guff. Yes, the argument is there that the people these stories are about just don’t care, but if it were me, I would (no doubt adding more fuel to the fire).
And don’t get me started on celebrity columnists. Yeah, I’m sure you write one of those every single week, and don’t just allow them to stick your photo at the top of the page to try and sell more copies. Saying that though, if they didn’t we wouldn’t have had this hilarious Danny Dyer incident from last year.
At least men’s magazines have the decency not to bullshit us; football, cars, films and boobs. That’s what’s advertised on the cover, that’s what we get. Super.
Cheers
JC
