Compare and Contrast
Maclean’s magazine has been reprimanded by the Quebec Press Council for a controversial cover last year that featured beloved Bonhomme, the Carnaval snowman.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110413/macleans-cover-controversy-110413/
As discussed in my blog post last week, magazines like Maclean’s and Toronto Life appear to be held to a higher, or shall we say different standard by the journalistic community, than a highly profitable and well-read alternative publication like NOW.
Compare and contrast the Maclean’s cover to the NOW cover:
One cover features a human being, the other a cartoon.
One cover suggests an “evil plot”, the other points to history.
One is formally slapped, the other laughs all the way to the bank to cash checks from sex-trade ads.
Maclean’s offered an apology, while NOW offered no apology and further exploited the controversey on its web site.
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20110413/macleans-cover-controversy-110413/
As discussed in my blog post last week, magazines like Maclean’s and Toronto Life appear to be held to a higher, or shall we say different standard by the journalistic community, than a highly profitable and well-read alternative publication like NOW.
Compare and contrast the Maclean’s cover to the NOW cover:
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One cover suggests an “evil plot”, the other points to history.
One is formally slapped, the other laughs all the way to the bank to cash checks from sex-trade ads.
Maclean’s offered an apology, while NOW offered no apology and further exploited the controversey on its web site.
- Scott Bullock
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3. Not impressed says:
Bad taste is bad tase, no matter how you look at it. Like him or not, mayor or no mayor, that is a person on Now's cover, and he does not deserve to be mocked in such a manner. However, I salute Now for standing by its guns. The Maclean's management immediately assumed the position and puckered up by throwing their staff under the bus. I don't like either cover, but I do support any magazine that doesn't sell out. And interestingly enough, Now didn' t sell out
2. An Editor says:
The Maclean's cover threatened to breach copyright law. The NOW cover did nothing of the sort. Different legal issues entirely.
1. mike says:
yes and perhaps that's because there is so little journalism in Now
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