MATT DRUDGE // DRUDGE REPORT 2002�
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THURS SEPT 12, 2002 10:09:41 ET XXXXX
CONTROVERSY AFTER PEOPLE MAG PICTURES CHELSEA CLINTON IN 'AROUSED' STATE
Editors at TIMEWARNER's PEOPLE magazine found themselves in controversy on Thursday -- after the weekly published a photograph showing former first daughter Chelsea Clinton in an apparent "aroused" state.
Clinton is shown "erect" as she is embraced by her companion Ian Klaus at last week's US OPEN tennis tournament; her face: showing "bedroom pleasures."
Publishing the provocative photograph of the media-shy Clinton is the latest attempt by new PEOPLE editor Martha Nelson to heat up the magazine. The snap is featured near the front of the book in the September 23 edition [Pg.24].
But the controversial shot of Clinton pulled mixed reviews -- even from within the magazine!
"I work here, I found it in very poor taste," a PEOPLE staffer told the DRUDGE REPORT from New York. "Why don't we just run a photograph of his hands down her pants?"
Editors defend the publication, noting Clinton's display was in a public setting.
Impacting...
[FOOTNOTE: In her effort to pump traffic at the newsstand, Editor Nelson also runs an agressive "stalkarazzi" photograph of pop star Justin Timberlake, who is captured in a close-up, through bushes, leaving his Los Angeles home with an actress.]
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