Magazines in the checkout line: Airbrush much?

Magazines show people in different ways, such as the good, the bad, and the ugly. It can turn a good person bad and a bad person good in an instant. It’s no rules to magazines; just get the best stories and the best pictures. I see a magazine in two ways; you can display situations that show happiness and fun, then you can show anger and destruction. For example, I seen a magazine that featured Miley Cyrus and The article is titled “What Happened to Miley Cyrus?! Her Biggest Controversies and Scandals.” The article tells her upbringing and then tells her scandals and controversies. You see Miley Cyrus as a kid smiling which is showing her innocence at the time and then you see her with a devilish look and some revealing clothes. They are realistic pictures taking at some events. The headlines are stating how she shocked the whole world with her performance at the VMA awards. They are positives and negatives because she was talked about through the entire country and was acknowledged for her performance but their considering her performance as a scandal and where did the Disney star go. I wouldn’t say too much diversity was represented.  The difference between gossip and reality is little because all her situations was publicized and actually viewed by millions of people. The other article I looked at was an article featuring Kerry Washington when she was in “Glamorous.” The images you see in this magazine show Washington as brilliant actress because of her hit television show “Scandal.”  The reality in these magazines is scandal does occur and she tells how to deal with scandal through the eyes of television character but she is not known as one with scandal. The headlines show Washington as she help people learn and deal with scandal. In this magazine it doesn’t show gossip but the reality is that scandal is real and even though she plays a character on television, it’s hard to deal with.  The woman in the article is presented as scandalous and controversial but it’s the way they want show their life. Both of these magazines stand because both of them deal with scandal but through different views. I would buy these two magazines because I don’t always believe magazines. The magazine draws people through the drama it displays and learning about certain people’s lives. The advertising is kind of sleazy because in order to sell your magazine you have to degrade a person life. People enjoy reading about these situations and want more. The headlines are fearful because at any time they uncover deep secrets that maybe the people don’t want to get out