http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/newsweek/ en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:19:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416952/posts Less than a year ago, during yet another public discussion about the future of traditional media, I said that it seemed extremely unlikely that, for instance, Newsweek would last another five years, provoking guffaws among blogger types and stout denials from the magazine (i.e. a minor kerfuffle). Newsweek and its parent, the Washington Post Co., announced yesterday a significant cut in its rate base, a further round of buyouts and layoffs, and a plan to make an already anorexic magazine even thinner. The Washington Post Co., for good measure, added its own bad news and bleak outlook. My prediction about... Newser.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416952/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:19:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366803/posts This comes from that bastion of conservatism.... Yeah, yeah, I know.... Newsweak: Gay Rights Gain Ground Around The Globe In China, the trend goes back to the climate of economic reform that took hold in the 1980s, ending the persecution of the era of Mao Zedong, who considered homosexuals products of the "moldering lifestyle of capitalism." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2366803/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:05:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396857/posts When it comes to talk of President Obama, Newsweek editor Evan Thomas couldn’t find his way out of a hyperbole bag with a map of moderation. He is completely, indisputably “in the bag” for Obama. “I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God.” – Newsweek’s Evan Thomas on Obama’s speech at Cairo University in June 2009 The only correlation that can be made between God and Obama comes down to blind faith. Belief in Obama is equally based on an emotional need rather than tangible evidence, which is what... David Horowitz's NewsRealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396857/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:10:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393027/posts Over the weekend, Newsweek assistant managing editor Evan Thomas offered an intriguing insight into the MSM’s approach to the liberal health care bill slowly rolling its way through the Democratic-controlled Congress. After conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer accurately pointed out how the Senate bill only pretends to be “deficit-neutral” by front-loading the tax collection process while delaying the payouts, Thomas agreed: “Charles is right. This bill is a fiscal fraud.” But he quickly added: “I’d still vote for it.” (Video here.) NPR’s Nina Totenberg attempted to defend the Senate bill as one that “actually tries to do something about costs.” But... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393027/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:18:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389976/posts A month or two I published a letter I had written to Newsweek's letters to the editor section telling them why I was not going to renew my subscription. I don't need to say why, I just couldn't take anymore of their cover stories and articles like "Why Fox News is Bad for America.", "We're All Socialists Now", "America: Not a Christian Nation. Many of you decided to chide me, I thought a bit over the top in some cases, into dropping it entirely immediately. No no, I thought, maybe I'm just overreacting to some bad covers, unfair articles. Yet... Free Republic Bloggers & Personal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389976/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:08:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389856/posts It's not every day that Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, a liberal Democrat from Texas, says "I agree with Sarah Palin." She acknowledged the rarity in an interview with The Hill, but said she agrees that the Newsweek magazine cover with a photograph of Palin in running shorts is sexist. "I've never seen Governor Palin dressed in that kind of attire at a political event," Jackson-Lee said. "What is the necessity of highlighting that picture among the thousands that have been taken of her?" thehill.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389856/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:13:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389355/posts Newsweek's effort to take a stab at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the heels of her book tour appears to be backfiring - at least from a legal standpoint. Recently, the latest cover of Newsweek took an image of Palin that originally appeared in Runner's World magazine. Palin has criticized the posting on her Facebook page, as NewsBusters' Noel Sheppard reported. "The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now," she wrote. And Newsweek's Jon Meacham insists the magazine did nothing wrong - that this is just the nature of what they do at Newsweek. "We chose the... Newsbusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389355/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:11:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389356/posts The photographer who shot the picture violated his contract by reselling them to Newsweek. That photographer, Brian Adams, could not immediately be reached, and his agent, Kelly Price, declined to comment, saying, "I keep all of my clients' business private." But a spokeswoman for Runner's World confirms that Adams's contract contained a clause stipulating that his photos of Palin would be under embargo for a period of one year following publication -- meaning until August 2010. "Runner's World did not provide Newsweek with its cover image," the spokeswoman said. "It was provided to Newsweek by the photographer's stock agency, without... Citizen Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2389356/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:11:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389294/posts What on earth was Sarah Palin thinking when she posed in a pair of teeny-tiny gym shorts for a photograph that ended up on the cover of Newsweek -- a cover she has called "sexist"? Perhaps she was thinking that her image would only appear in the magazine she was posing for, Runner's World, and nowhere else, at least not for months and months. If so, she had good reason -- since, as DailyFinance has learned, the photographer who shot the picture violated his contract by reselling them to Newsweek. Daily Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389294/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:55:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388730/posts Look no further: [VIDEO AT SITE] Then you have the AP hiring 11 fact checkers to comb through her book. Or Newsweek using a photo of Sarah in running shorts, taken for Runners World magazine, for it's cover in an obvious attempt to minimize her. And last but not least, a book review of her book by the Washington Post written by someone who didn't read her book. (Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388730/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:18:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388700/posts These days, with a socialist in power I'm not the most patriotic man in America. But let me tell you this- after looking at her Newsweek cover photo, run that up the flagpole and I will salute it. I will start wearing red white and blue socks. I will have the preamble tattooed on my left leg. I will give the office of the presidency the respect it deserves. Yahoo images http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388700/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388476/posts Today I’m off on the Eurostar to Brussels (”a carbon neutral journey” it boasts on my ticket – which rather makes me wish I were flying instead) to speak at the European Parliament on Climate Change. No, don’t worry. The Goreistas haven’t got to me. It’s a sceptics’ conference – Have Humans Changed Climate? – being staged tomorrow by Tory MEP Roger Helmer. Many of my science and eco-heroes will be there, including Patrick Moore (the co-founder of Greenpeace who subsequently bailed when the charity turned far too red), Prof Fred Singer (who’ll be talking on Can We Trust The... Telegraph Blogs (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388476/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:17:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388074/posts The choice of photo for the cover of this week's Newsweek is unfortunate. When it comes to Sarah Palin, this "news" magazine has relished focusing on the irrelevant rather than the relevant. The Runner's World magazine one-page profile for which this photo was taken was all about health and fitness - a subject to which I am devoted and which is critically important to this nation. The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now. If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, gender, or color of skin. The... Sarah Palin's Facebook Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2388074/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:38:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387969/posts The choice of photo for the cover of this week's Newsweek is unfortunate. When it comes to Sarah Palin, this "news" magazine has relished focusing on the irrelevant rather than the relevant. The Runner's World magazine one-page profile for which this photo was taken was all about health and fitness - a subject to which I am devoted and which is critically important to this nation. The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now. If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, gender, or color of skin. The... Governor Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387969/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:39:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387947/posts The choice of photo for the cover of this week's Newsweek is unfortunate. When it comes to Sarah Palin, this "news" magazine has relished focusing on the irrelevant rather than the relevant. The Runner's World magazine one-page profile for which this photo was taken was all about health and fitness - a subject to which I am devoted and which is critically important to this nation. The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now. If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, gender, or color of skin. The... Facebook http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387947/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:05:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387767/posts Comes as no shock, Newsweek, the general msm attack a rising conservative star. Are they loosing it? If they want Sarah Palin to go away and for the media to stop talking about her, maybe the media … uhhh … should stop talking about her! Looking into the political future of the GOP is like trying to see a pen cap at the bottom of a soy latte with double foam. Look, so far I like Gov. Palin. I also like a few other conservative leaders. That said, I’m going to pick up her book this week like a few... http://www.radioviceonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387767/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:14:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387310/posts Republican 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's highly anticipated book tour kicks off Monday afternoon with the airing of her wide-ranging chat with talk show queen Oprah Winfrey. (snip) Although the 418-page best-seller doesn't come out until Tuesday, the Associated Press already has obtained a copy and assigned 11 reporters to comb through it to publish a pre-emptive "fact check" that has outraged her supporters because several items in it relied more on analysis than black-and-white facts. For example, one of the "fact check" items criticized Mrs. Palin for writing in the book that she was driven by "purpose" rather than... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387310/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:24:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386954/posts I only found a few staff e-mails (1st Name (period) Last Name @newsweek.com) so I had to construct most of them. I would suggest e-mailing all of them letting them know Obama (do not mention Sarah Palin) is not only a complete disaster and a disgrace but give them hell for assisting in but the fool in The White House. The media is the singe most dangerous entity in the world (2nd enviromentalists, 3rd radical Islam) (as we saw in Ft Hood, getting Obama elected, defending Iran & Islam etc.......) evan.thomas@newsweek.com,grace.huh@newsweek.com,katherine.barna@newsweek.com,jan.angilella@newsweek.com,Letters@newsweek.com,Editors@newsweek.com,tech@newsweek.com,webeditors@newsweek.com,kenneth.woodward@newsweek.com,comments@fareedzakaria.com,pat.wingert@newsweek.com,webeditors@newsweek.com,internationalsubs@newsweekmag.com,Jerry.Adler@newsweek.com,lorraine.ali@newsweek.com,david.alpern@newsweek.com,jonathan.alter@newsweek.com,david.ansen@newsweek.com,holly.bailey@newsweek.com,julia.baird@newsweek.com,john.barry@newsweek.com,jeffrey.bartholet@newsweek.com,sharon.begley@newsweek.com,bret.begun@newsweek.com,jessica.bennett@newsweek.com,martha.brant@newsweek.com,darrenbriscoe@newsweek.com,mary.carmichael@newsweek.com,eleanor.clift@newsweek.com,katie.connolly@newsweek.com,ellis.cose@newsweek.com,jonathan.darman@newsweek.com,babak.dehghanpisheh@newsweek.com,kathy.deveny@newsweek.com,christopher.dickey@newsweek.com,tony.emerson@newsweek.com,howard.fineman@newsweek.com,arian.flores@newsweek.com, rana.foroohar@newsweek.com,arlyn.gajilan@newsweek.com,arlene.getz@newsweek.com,devin.gordon@newsweek.com,susan.greenberg@newsweek.com,daniel.gross@newsweek.com,fred.guterl@newsweek.com,nisid.hajari@newsweek.com,michael.hirsh@newsweek.com,mark.hosenball@newsweek.com,michael.isikoff@newsweek.com,scott.johnson@newsweek.com,malcolm.jones@newsweek.com,barbara.Kantrowitz@newsweek.com,larry.kaplow@newsweek.com,daniel.klaidman@newsweek.com,weston.kosova@newsweek.com,Melinda.Liu@newsweek.com,daniel.mcginn@newsweek.com,cathleen.mcguigan@newsweek.com,Stryker.McGuire@newsweek.com,jon.meacham@newsweek.com,susannah.meadows@newsweek.com,lisa.miller@newsweek.com,mark.miller@newsweek.com,andrew.nagorski@newsweek.com,david.noonan@newsweek.com,kevin.peraino@newsweek.com,marc.peyser@newsweek.com,anna.quindlen@newsweek.com,jane.quinn@newsweek.com,
 johnnie.roberts@newsweek.com,andrew.romano@newsweek.com,debra.rosenberg@newsweek.com,allison.samuels@newsweek.com,robert.samuelson@newsweek.com,samseibert@newsweek.com,ramin.setoodeh@newsweek.com,suzanne.smalley@newsweek.com,richard.smith@newsweek.com,mark.starr@newsweek.com,linda.stern@newsweek.com,carl.sullivan@newsweek.com,stuart.taylor@newsweek.com,jonathan.tepperman@newsweek.com,evan.thomas@newsweek.com,steve.tuttle@newsweek.com,george.will@newsweek.com,pat.wingert@newsweek.com,Kenneth.Woodward@newsweek.com, fareed.zakaria@newsweek.com NewsWeek Staff e-mails http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386954/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:56:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386953/posts I only found a few staff e-mails (1st Name (period) Last Name @newsweek.com) so I had to construct most of them. I would suggest e-mailing all of them letting them know Obama (do not mention Sarah Palin) is not only a complete disaster and a disgrace but give them hell for assisting in but the fool in The White House. The media is the singe most dangerous entity in the world (2nd enviromentalists, 3rd radical Islam) (as we saw in Ft Hood, getting Obama elected, defending Iran & Islam etc.......) evan.thomas@newsweek.com,grace.huh@newsweek.com,katherine.barna@newsweek.com,jan.angilella@newsweek.com,Letters@newsweek.com,Editors@newsweek.com,tech@newsweek.com,webeditors@newsweek.com,kenneth.woodward@newsweek.com,comments@fareedzakaria.com,pat.wingert@newsweek.com,webeditors@newsweek.com,internationalsubs@newsweekmag.com,Jerry.Adler@newsweek.com,lorraine.ali@newsweek.com,david.alpern@newsweek.com,jonathan.alter@newsweek.com,david.ansen@newsweek.com,holly.bailey@newsweek.com,julia.baird@newsweek.com,john.barry@newsweek.com,jeffrey.bartholet@newsweek.com,sharon.begley@newsweek.com,bret.begun@newsweek.com,jessica.bennett@newsweek.com,martha.brant@newsweek.com,darrenbriscoe@newsweek.com,mary.carmichael@newsweek.com,eleanor.clift@newsweek.com,katie.connolly@newsweek.com,ellis.cose@newsweek.com,jonathan.darman@newsweek.com,babak.dehghanpisheh@newsweek.com,kathy.deveny@newsweek.com,christopher.dickey@newsweek.com,tony.emerson@newsweek.com,howard.fineman@newsweek.com,arian.flores@newsweek.com, rana.foroohar@newsweek.com,arlyn.gajilan@newsweek.com,arlene.getz@newsweek.com,devin.gordon@newsweek.com,susan.greenberg@newsweek.com,daniel.gross@newsweek.com,fred.guterl@newsweek.com,nisid.hajari@newsweek.com,michael.hirsh@newsweek.com,mark.hosenball@newsweek.com,michael.isikoff@newsweek.com,scott.johnson@newsweek.com,malcolm.jones@newsweek.com,barbara.Kantrowitz@newsweek.com,larry.kaplow@newsweek.com,daniel.klaidman@newsweek.com,weston.kosova@newsweek.com,Melinda.Liu@newsweek.com,daniel.mcginn@newsweek.com,cathleen.mcguigan@newsweek.com,Stryker.McGuire@newsweek.com,jon.meacham@newsweek.com,susannah.meadows@newsweek.com,lisa.miller@newsweek.com,mark.miller@newsweek.com,andrew.nagorski@newsweek.com,david.noonan@newsweek.com,kevin.peraino@newsweek.com,marc.peyser@newsweek.com,anna.quindlen@newsweek.com,jane.quinn@newsweek.com,
 johnnie.roberts@newsweek.com,andrew.romano@newsweek.com,debra.rosenberg@newsweek.com,allison.samuels@newsweek.com,robert.samuelson@newsweek.com,samseibert@newsweek.com,ramin.setoodeh@newsweek.com,suzanne.smalley@newsweek.com,richard.smith@newsweek.com,mark.starr@newsweek.com,linda.stern@newsweek.com,carl.sullivan@newsweek.com,stuart.taylor@newsweek.com,jonathan.tepperman@newsweek.com,evan.thomas@newsweek.com,steve.tuttle@newsweek.com,george.will@newsweek.com,pat.wingert@newsweek.com,Kenneth.Woodward@newsweek.com, fareed.zakaria@newsweek.com NewsWeek Staff e-mails http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386953/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:56:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386708/posts Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue" is set for release on Nov. 17 and with that will likely come a media blitz of epic proportions. However, based on the cover of the Nov. 23 issue of Newsweek, someone felt a response was warranted. The wizards of smart at Newsweek took an image from a shoot of Palin that originally appeared in Runner's World magazine for the cover and splashed the headlines, "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah?" and "She's Bad News for the GOP - and For Everybody Else, Too." Mike Allen of Politico previewed the cover in... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386708/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:32:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386416/posts Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue" is set for release on Nov. 17 and with that will likely come a media blitz of epic proportions. However, based on the cover of the Nov. 23 issue of Newsweek, someone felt a response was warranted. The wizards of smart at Newsweek took an image from a shoot of Palin that originally appeared in Runner's World magazine for the cover and splashed the headlines, "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah?" and "She's Bad News for the GOP - and For Everybody Else, Too." ...more (with bare-legged Palin cover)... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386416/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:30:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382292/posts Andrew Bast of Newsweek thinks he's got the real reason behind Major Nidal Hasan's murderously criminal rampage at Fort Hood last Thursday. Could it be that Hasan was steadily radicalized and steeped in hateful Islamofascism? Could it be a jihad mindset that sent Hasan into that military clinic yelling Allahu Akbar as he shot at anyone that got in his way? Nope. Ridiculously, it was a "military on the brink," it was the "stress" an uncaring U.S. military is forcing upon its members that was at fault as far as Bast is concerned. This is his obtuse conclusion in Newsweek's... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2382292/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:51:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2378780/posts Why even teach journalism any more, they're just making it up all the time now. Only through the magic of a mainstream media that has built up an immunity to embarrassing itself can George W. Bush be portrayed as eternally stupid and a more gaffe prone guy who got worse grades in college be thought a genius. One has to wonder: if we drug tested at the polls would any Democrats be allowed to vote? Al Gore steps onto the portico of his century-old white colonial, its stately columns framing him and the black Lab mix, Bojangles, that he and... Stephen Kruiser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2378780/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:49:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2378509/posts There are 29 of 'em. And they can be handily compared with the Newsweek Obama covers (here: http://trackacrat.com/2009/10/09/5007/), which number 30, both in terms of frequency and tone of coverage. I can safely report that the findings conform to the pattern established earlier: namely, that President Bush was consistently treated like a leper, while President Obama receives the all-star treatment. Some choice Newsweek Bush covers include the wonderfully objective titles of, “Bush’s $87 Billion Mess“, “The Price of Denial“, “How Much Power Should They Have?“, “Will Bush Listen?” and the awesomely condescending “Father Knows Best.” Follow the jump for links... Track-A-'Crat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2378509/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:53:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371798/posts As Obama flails about, a very few of his fans are beginning to notice he can't deliver. His image sold to the public during the campaign was as phony as a David Axelrod astroturf group shilling for Commonwealth Edison. But for those who bought into him hook line and sinker, failure needs rationalization. Reality is intruding. Barack Obama never ran anything. And it shows to those not blinded by the light from the light worker. He is making it up as he goes along, letting others sweat the details. As a result, there is no coordination, no cross communication. They... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2371798/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:32:00 GMT