Um, is the sky blue? Does Sherri Shepherd ask for her sushi well-done?
Of COURSE they did. But alas… Newsweek posed this very question to OK! magazine’s executive editor, who sidesteps any responsibility by saying:
“I think what we’ve done successfully in this story is point out that Jamie Lynn is an exceptional situation where she’s a young girl but she’s already made a handsome living. She’s not worried about paying her electricity bill.”
Unfortunately, Newsweek didn’t ask the truly hard-hitting question weighing heavily on all of our minds:
Did Jamie Lynn’s hair on the cover drive teens to ask for the “Linda Evans frost job” at salons? Now THAT would be a national travesty.
All OK cares about is having a photo on the cover that will sell magazines. Nothing else matters.
The fact that this will make teen pregnancy look ‘cool’ to millions of teens (who won’t be in a position to sell *their* kid’s baby pictures for a million bucks) is of no importance.
There used to be a time when, in addition to the financial impact, corporations would consider the social responsibility of their actions. Sadly, not any more — Mammon rules!
July 24th, 2008 at 9:55 amdoesn’t OK! realize how annoying it is to hear a dumb twat say, “having a baby is, like, fun!”
July 24th, 2008 at 11:32 amwhere’s the REAL-FAKE SCANDALOUS DRAMA? amateurs. they should’ve quoted her: “I’m the new Mama Lynn, and this is the new Britney!” or “We drink cough syrup together!”
Ah jist call mah sister Britney over an we make up a big ol’ batch a dat purple drank an feed it to da babe an it goes tah sleep real good like!
July 24th, 2008 at 11:48 amI have never considered Jamie Spears glamorous and her hair is ugly. The picture depresses me because she looks so old and frumpy in it.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:04 pmSo I guess that now getting pregnant is an “achievement,” right? I always thought it was actually raising the kid to be a good, responsible, independent person that was the real job, not spreading the beaver.
July 24th, 2008 at 1:55 pmNonplussed. Totally.
Does OK’s editor realize that teens who are unfortunate enough to be influenced by JL don’t even know that they need to know what an electric bill is?
July 24th, 2008 at 1:58 pmHah. As if Newsweek cared whether another magazine were pandering to the masses…this is actually amusing.
July 24th, 2008 at 3:36 pmPerhaps something like the old “Fairness Doctrine” needs to be put into place here.
For example, if a magazine publishes an puff-piece article glorifying Jamie-Lynn and her baby, they would also required to dedicate equal space and photographs in their publication to a profile of a teenage single mom in the inner city. The article could talk about what *her* life is like, with sleep deprivation, money worries, no career prospects, and no nanny to foist the kid off on if you want to go party, or back to your acting job in Hollywood
This might restore a little balance.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:58 amEveryone seems to forget that she was humping her boyfriend when she was only sixteen. People over-glorify motherhood.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pm