Outraged Readers Cancelling SI Subscriptions - Page 3

DSTCHAOS · #31 02-21-2007, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkies up

Kanye's dumb ass said that if it weren't for MUTTS, (reference to biracial women) there wouldn't be any girls in the videos. Lawd, I'm getting mad again.

Don't get mad. He is all about shock value. His antics began with "George Bush doesn't care about black people," continued with his childish pouting on award shows, and now here we are.

I'm waiting for people to tell his lame ass to play the background.

pinkies up · #32 02-21-2007, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Don't get mad. He is all about shock value. His antics began with "George Bush doesn't care about black people," continued with his childish pouting on award shows, and now here we are.

I'm waiting for people to tell his lame ass to play the background.

You're right. I guess if he doesn't shock, he doesn't eat.

RoyalEmpress33 · #33 02-21-2007, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SKEEphistAKAte

White people are just mad that a black dude is gripping some white model's butt. If it were Nick Lachey doing the butt fondling then nobody would be offended. Why isn't it the "ghetto issue" when black athletes (many from the ghetto) are gracing the covers of the magazine monthly? Haters.

Exactly.

MzDoctaKay · #34 02-23-2007, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Still BLUTANG

i think this is an "article" from blogger sandra rose.

http://www.sandrarosenews.blogspot.com/

It is.

MzDoctaKay · #35 02-23-2007, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

This sister's blog went out of the way to superbly describe the issue at hand. So I just copied and pasted what she wrote. I take NO credit here:

I wonder if her back hurt after she tried to push it out to make herself look like she had a butt?

ROTFLMBO!!!!!!!!

ladygreek · #36 02-23-2007, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Don't get mad. He is all about shock value. His antics began with "George Bush doesn't care about black people," continued with his childish pouting on award shows, and now here we are.

I'm waiting for people to tell his lame ass to play the background.

Exactly. Def again except it said I had to spread it around before I could give it to you again. Gonna go try now.

jon1856 · #37 02-23-2007, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

It is.

And it seems to be no where else at all.....

MzDoctaKay · #38 02-24-2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jon1856

And it seems to be no where else at all.....

I've noticed that too.....

shinerbock · #39 02-24-2007, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

I've noticed that too.....

What do yall think this means? That it isn't getting the attention it should deserve or that its not really a legitimate story?

MzDoctaKay · #40 02-24-2007, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

What do yall think this means? That it isn't getting the attention it should deserve or that its not really a legitimate story?

Good question. I'm not sure what Jon meant, but I don't believe it's getting the attention it deserves. I believe you were the respondent in this thread who stated that some times it takes others a while before they jump on a story. I can't imagine why she'd blog about this if it was false......I'm going to try contacting her.....I'm anxious to know the credibility of her sources.

shinerbock · #41 02-24-2007, 04:29 PM

My inkling would be that its not as big a story as she made it out to be. I mean, I could see a situation where there were a couple calls, and some contact of hers made a big deal out of it. Who knows.

It just seems to me that if this a legit story, some other outlets would have jumped on it. A lot of news outlets love racial controversy stories.

jon1856 · #42 02-24-2007, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

Good question. I'm not sure what Jon meant, but I don't believe it's getting the attention it deserves. I believe you were the respondent in this thread who stated that some times it takes others a while before they jump on a story. I can't imagine why she'd blog about this if it was false......I'm going to try contacting her.....I'm anxious to know the credibility of her sources.

I have, since reading this thread, always believed this to be
B) that its not really a legitimate story. It is, IMHO, nothing more than an attempt to start an UL.

If the media in NYC, and elsewhere, can spend hours on a KFC with Rats in it, they would spend days on this.

After all, IIRC, the swim-suite issue of SI is it's largest seller and get a whole bunch of free air play every year.

DSTCHAOS · #43 02-24-2007, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ladygreek

Exactly. Def again except it said I had to spread it around before I could give it to you again. Gonna go try now.

I'll give some to you, too!

Drolefille · #44 02-24-2007, 07:33 PM

I've been looking for more sources, and all that I come up with lead to allhiphop.com and one mention of Sandra Rose's blog. All of the articles are cut and paste about Beyonce keeping quiet about being the first non-model cover of the swimsuit issue and then a mention that "some readers think there have been mass cancellations"

It does seem to be percolating its way up the news, albeit very very slowly. At some point it'll be addressed by Sports Illustrated.

jon1856 · #45 02-24-2007, 08:01 PM

The story/history of the Swim suit issue via Slate:
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit IssueAn intellectual history.

By Bryan Curtis
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, at 1:22 PM ET

http://www.slate.com/id/2159853?nav=ais

Something of interest to this thread;

"Campbell's 1978 issue proved a watershed moment for cheesecake. In Brazil, Campbell had persuaded model Cheryl Tiegs to pose for a throwaway shot in a white fishnet top, her nipples fully exposed. Somehow the shot made its way into the magazine. According to The Franchise,Michael MacCambridge's excellent history of the magazine, nasty letters poured into Time-Life headquarters—more than 340 subscriptions were cancelled—and the swimsuit issue reached new heights of ignominy. But in some ways, the Tiegs fiasco was also a logical endpoint. Barring nudity, the Sports Illustrated model had nothing left to reveal. Thus for the next few decades the editors had to maintain a careful balance: They had to make the issue seem much racier than it actually was, while still maintaining its wholesome aesthetic."

As for the OP/source of thread, all I can find is this:
http://mauricebroaddus.proboards24.com/index.cgi

http://sandrarosenews.blogspot.com/2...elling-si.html

Those and all the others I have seen have same source.

Makes you kind of wonder.......