Posted on 05/09/2010 8:56:45 AM PDT by ianschwartz
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham says Newsweek having Obama on the cover numerous times and thorough coverage of him is not to blame for the magazine's downfall. Transcript below:
JON MEACHAM, EDITOR, NEWSWEEK: Im not pointing fingers, Im not whining. This is the life weve chosen.
HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: Right.
MEACHAM: I believe in this magazine and Im going to do everything I possibly can and so is everybody at Newsweek to find a future.
KURTZ: But as you move more toward opinion, I believe that Newsweek came to be seen as more liberal, you started running more liberal columnists. Ive lost track of the number of Barack Obama covers, Michelle Obama covers, could that have limited your appeal in the marketplace?
MEACHAM: I dont think so because again it is not a readership issue and no advertiser, to my knowledge, ever pitched up and said, you know, Im not going to advertise because you put the first African-American president in history on the cover or that we were too liberal.
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ROFL!
This guy knows damn well that all the Obozo love was a major factor in the demise of his dopey rag.
Who wants to but a magazine thats lies as often as our faux president?
okay I went back and looked at the TIME photo again. That baby is not Obama.Period.
I canceled my subscription to Good Housekeeping (of all things!!!) at about the same time for the same reason. Why a non-news magazine would change their character so noticeably because of who was in the White House was beyond me. I quickly got tired of all the fawning over the Clintons.
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