Dick who??

I might have mentioned that I’m a weekly People Magazine reader and faithful subscriber.

Have been for years.

Love it, look forward to it, believe it to be the WORD and do not consider it a tabloid by any means.

I didn’t get a chance to read it on Friday (the day it always gets delivered), which was unusual, so when I finally glanced at the cover this weekend, this is what I saw.

I don’t happen to be a huge Beyonce fan, think she’s overexposed, but whatever, I get it. 
That’s not what floored me. 
This is what did it –
Can you see it? No, really. Can you see it?
Because let’s see,
1) IT’S THE SAME FONT SIZE AS THE OTHER SECOND TIER CRAP STORIES
and oh, yeah
2) IT’S LISTED UNDER – UNDER – MILA & ASHTON’S HOT HOOKUP AND G’S BABY NEWS!! 
(which I’m super excited about – Congrats G! – but still…)
And then, then,  I open it, and am hit with 2 more covers of Beyonce.  

So I’m looking for the story on Dick Clark, and after flipping through the entire magazine (suck it, table of contents!), past the 6 page spread on Beyonce…
I’d have taken photos of all the pages, but I think I’ve given her enough free exposure here.
…I find this. Tucked on page 164 about 4 pages from the end.
No, seriously. That’s the whole article.
I am ashamed of you, People Magazine.  
Dick Clark, perhaps the most influential pioneers in the music, hell, in the entertainment industry, dies and gets a a mere side mention on the cover, and 2, two, columns in the back?
A cover, mind you, that features someone who he very definitely paved the way for by promoting and giving exposure to and publicly applauding her genre of music??
Unbelievable.
I guess when Letterman dies we can look forward to a cover photo of Snooki. 
You’re on notice, People.  
Next week you better have Stamos on the cover to make up for this. 

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