USA: New magazine shocks with disgusting photos

The new US magazine "Shock" from Hachette Filipacchi Media aims to attract readers with disgusting images. The shock magazine is based on the somewhat more moderate original "Choc", which has already existed in France for two years. With pictures of people burning alive, photos of the "most beautiful car accidents" or the "worst sports injuries", the aim is to shock at all costs. "Shock" offers an uncensored, unabashed and unadulterated view of reality," editor-in-chief Mike Hammer is quoted as saying in the German media magazine DWDL.de. In the meantime, his magazine has come under heavy criticism in America. While the makers of the scandal sheet still believe they can sell up to 300,000 copies of the magazine, opponents are hoping for a quick economic end. The 98-page first issue did not even contain four pages of advertising.