Bad mom alert: Martha Stewart's daughter writes tell-all book.

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 24 Oct. 2011

The headline on the low rent Examiner reads "Martha Stewart mom from hell!", information gleaned from the new tell-all book written by Stewart's daughter Alexis, who is now 46.

If they make a movie of it, it's just too bad Faye Dunaway is now too old to play Martha in her prime.

Rich people are rich: More stories of bad Hollywood parenting.

Publication: Weekly Life & Style
Date: 3 Oct. 2011

There are two sub-headlines to the Weekly Life & Style cover story about what a bad job of parenting Suri Cruise is getting about other celebrity kids being pampered or spoiled.

Shiloh took 15 flights in one year. That does seem excessive for a five year old, but it's doesn't necessarily scar her for life.

And the more egregious story if true, Mason Disick has been made to undergo plastic surgery at the age of 21 months.

Bad Mom and Dad alert: Inside Suri's twisted world.

Publication: Weekly Life & Style
Date: 3 Oct. 2011

Last year, many stories about TomKat followed the narrative that Katie Holmes was an innocent trapped in a nasty cult. This year, the story has changed and most of the stories about the couple focus on their bizarre ideas about child rearing and how much of a spoiled brat five year old Suri Cruise has become. Here are the headlines.

• Crazy new details
• Trapped in Tom and Katies warped world
• Katie yanks Suri from school for Fashion Week
• Encouraged to wear dark lipstick and heels
• Cupcakes for breakfast and dinner at 1 a.m.
• Now Suri's acting out
  
  

Meanest story nominee: The Enquirer gets a Sarah Palin laundry list of scandals from the new Joe McGinniss.

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 26 Sept. 2011

Say what you will about the Three Wicked Step Sister tabloids, they are equal opportunity haters across the political spectrum. They've slagged anyone in the White House since at least Bill Clinton, they've gone after John Edwards and Al Gore, but also Rush Limbaugh and now, Sarah Palin. They took the juiciest stories from the new book to be released by Joe McGinniss and put them on the cover this week. Here are the headlines.

• Sarah cheated on Todd with Glen Rice
• Husband Todd's racial violence
• Her naked nights with young girls
• She abandoned her kids
  

For those without a score card, Glen Rice is an NBA player and Sarah's alleged affair took place before she was married to Todd.

This is a nominee for Meanest Story of the Week.

Bad Mom alert and bad help alert:Nanny rats on Angelina.

Publication: In Touch
Date: 15 August 2011

Angelina Jolie gets three cover stories this week, two as part of the major gossip couple of our generation and one as a bad mom, according to an ex-nanny Krisann Morel. Here are the headlines.

• Angelina, "Ice queen" mom
• The nanny tells all!
  shocking book exclusive
• The incident that drove nanny Krisann Morel to tears!
  How Angelina stages photos and orders nannies to hide
• Ignores hurt Shiloh
• Chaos at home: Kids literally swinging on chandeliers!