Put on your shocked faces! Newsweek reveals the truth about covering Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin has given up on public life (until he comes back again), but it’s safe to say that Newsweek isn’t terribly sorry to see him go:

Covering Alec Baldwin was nobody's favorite job http://t.co/3gN77pWRbn pic.twitter.com/I3Wzn2Gb7A

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 24, 2014

What? No way!

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/438047192616820737

But if it’s sympathy Newsweek is looking for, it might have to go someplace else:

.@Newsweek Following people on the street while they are doing nothing newsworthy is "covering?" You're jokes. I'd punch you too.

— TheNewsHawk (@TheNewsHawk) February 24, 2014

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