"There Was Always Something A Bit Odd About Josh"

Update #2, Thursday morning: It turns out People did produce a cover that features the three American heroes; it was on copies sent out to subscribers.



Mid-morning update: Remember the Tiger Woods scandal a few years ago, when women started coming out of the woodwork to say they had been with Tiger? It's beginning to look like this is going to be like that. For example:



The New York Daily News ponders it all, read it here.

Original post:
Issue dated September 7, 2015


I'd figured People would probably go for it, with a second Duggar scandal cover in a row, and here it is. Based on the "teaser" article currently posted on People.com, however, which states that "The Duggar family didn't respond to requests for comment," and quotes merely a Duggar family source, a source close to Anna and another source with ties to the family, I'm sure there's not much new information in the actual story. Now, please, please, please, let this be the last cover story about the Duggars. Ever.

And, really, People? Why couldn't you have put the three wonderful young Americans who hogtied a terrorist on a train (THEY SAVED HUNDREDS OF LIVES!) front and center as the main cover story? Didn't you think that would sell well? Even as I was expecting a full Sex Scandal 101 cover, I'd been hoping that the guys would be the main story with Josh as a sidebar, or maybe that People would wait until next week for the American Heroes story. But no. A sex scandal wins out every time.