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The Nuge as cover boy
It’s a hot summer for rocker, talker and liberal mocker Ted Nugent. After appearing as a presenter at last night’s nationally televised Country Music Television awards, he’s on the cover of the July Texas Monthly.
I’ll wait until my copy comes in the mail to read the story, but in reading Texas Monthly for more than 30 years, I don’t remember any other article bearing this warning: “If you are offended by obscene language, proceed with caution.”
It’s fairly clear why Texas Monthly wants to put Ted up front and out there: He’s good at stirring up readers (insert appropriate comment about the Tribune-Herald here). In his email promoting the upcoming issue, editor Jake Silverstein tips his hand by mentioning a special feedback form that he hopes readers will use:
“Therefore, I have created a template so that readers who are worked up about our decision to put the Nuge on the cover with a submachine gun can more easily express their feelings (the template also accommodates the pro-Ted readers who wish to celebrate our choice). All you have to do is cut out the passage below, fill in the blanks, and drop the whole thing in the nearest mailbox. We will happily publish the results in an upcoming issue.”
Admittedly, it’s funny, a Mad Libs-type form letter-to-the-editor that I’m sure our editorial guys wished we had had when we added Ted to our commentary lineup.
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