Campaign seeks to make famous mag ‘adults-only’
By Cheryl Wetzstein
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
The Washington Times
The granddaughter of the founder of the Hearst media empire has launched a campaign to restrict children and teens’ access to Cosmopolitan magazine — one of the company’s publications — over its obsession with explicit sexual topics.
Victoria Hearst, whose grandfather is William Randolph Hearst, said Wednesday at a press conference with the National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
Ms. Hearst, a devout Christian, recalled being alarmed years ago by a Cosmo cover in which a woman was photographed naked except for a “strategically placed boa constrictor.” Despite her family relationship, Ms. Hearst said her complaints were rebuffed by corporation executives.
A request for comment from the magazine, led by editor-in-chief Joanna Coles, was not immediately available Wednesday.
**FILE** Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown is seen here Sept. 20, 1982,
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