An Obama Family Picture is Worth A Thousand Sales

The Ladies of the White House

Some say a picture is worth a thousand words.  Others, say that you can’t believe everything you see.  Take this week’s cover of New York magazine which features a beautiful picture of future first lady Michelle Obama and first daughters Sasha and Malia.   Subscriber or not, I definitely would have picked up this issue.  Seeing the soon to be ladies of the White House and their radiant smiles on the cover totally piqued my interest.  Moreover, I couldn’t wait to read the story.  But after a minute or so of flipping madly through each page, I found myself staring at the back cover in bewilderment.  Did I miss it?  I even took a second stab, this time flipping each page more deliberately and looking with sleuthing eyes.  Once again, I ended up at the back cover without a trace of an Obama article.  That’s when I decided to take a second look at the cover and to my suprise, noted (with the help of my reading glasses), the very tiny print at the bottom right-hand corner of the cover which read:  “REQUISITE DISCLAIMER:  This is not really Michelle, Sasha, or Malia.  And of course it’s not even the Obama puppy, whomever she or he may turn out to be.”  WTF! Not only is there no story aligned with the cover picture, these aren’t even the real Obama girls!  Could it be that sales have slumped so low at New York Magazine that they’ve resorted to trickery?  I guess a picture is now worth a thousand (or so) sales.  Call the cops; I’ve been robbed!

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