I could never figure out who Maxim appealed to. People too dumb for Playboy's articles? Pussy-whipped guys who wanted a vapid magazine weakened down to their level, that they could defend to their girlfriends because of how neutered it was?

The photos were lame spreads, usually including clothed shoots of actresses who refused to appear nude -- who needs this when TMZ shows the same chicks on vacation?

Rather than the media gathering wagons and lamenting "another" print media member wounded or falling victim, we need more proactive reporting and analysis on how flimsy so many of these false idols are, and calling them the trash that they are.