Palin-Bashing ‘Us Weekly’ Offers Free Issues to Stem Avalanche of Cancellations
-By Warner Todd Huston
As I reported on September 5, the celebrity gossip magazine “Us Weekly” got inundated by angry subscribers demanding their subscriptions be canceled after the slick published an issue bashing McCain VP pick Governor Sarah Palin, her family and little baby Trig.
Well, now it looks like “Us Weekly” is desperate to stem the tide of angry cancellations by offering free issues to anyone upset over the Palin-Bashing issue. Michelle Malkin is reporting that the magazine is sending subscribers an email begging them not to cancel and offering a groveling apology.
From: US Weekly USWcustserv@cdsfulfillment.com
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:17:57 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: cancel subscription (KMM23347217I103L0KM)
To: xxxThank you for contacting US Weekly.
We are sorry you are upset over the Governor Palin cover. We do not want to lose you as a subscriber over one article in one issue. In an effort to keep you as a subscriber, we will add five FREE issues to your subscription. Please let us know if you would like us to extend your current subscription rather than canceling our publication.
Thank you,
US Weekly
Cari
Looks like the cancellations of subscriptions and the fact that many thousands of angry Americans have contacted “Us Weekly” advertisers has had the desired effect.
What will “US Weekly” learn from this lesson, one wonders?
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Posted by Warner Todd Huston on September 9, 2008 7:00 pm
» Filed Under 1st Amendment, Elections, Liberal Media/Bias, News, Sarah Palin
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That’s like gettin’ food poisoning at a restaurant and then having the manager offer you several free dinners at the same dirty joint to make up for it…