With the long-awaited birth of the Jolie-Pitt twins this week came the
inevitable bidding war over their first photos. The couple reportedly
got $11 million from People for the newborn's first photos.
They claim they'll donate it to charity. But I am still thoroughly disgusted. ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
I
live in a city where people are losing their homes, food banks are
empty, and old people can’t afford to go to the doctor and some idiot
thinks THAT'S the most appropriate use of $11 million?
There's a better and more in-depth discussion of the issue here.
As one of the journalism profs in the article noted, this is a couple
who is already, to say the least, in a position to donate huge sums to
charity.
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