American Media

Are you kidding??

glad you posted this. i couldnt believe it when i saw it either. newsweek has turned into the toilet of media. the chief editor is constantly on MSDNC and listening to him is like watching grass grow. he spends more time trying to be heard with this big, fancy words he makes no sense of the subject at hand. I used to have weekly assignments in highschool based on this magazine and its a completely different publishing these days. unfortunate, but typical in todays world and many will take what they read in this mag as real and fact. its so wonder why so many in our society are misinformed and many of them label themselves liberal.

The Aghanistan war now belongs to Pres. Obama,--------sooooooo----the American public really doesn't need to be troubled with such trivial things.

you missed the point righthanders. newsweek needs to sell magazines. afghanistan/iraq/bush won't make anyone reach for the rack to purchase a copy. want to clear a room at a party? start talking about afghanistan or any other legacies of texas toast-head.

glad you posted this. i couldnt believe it when i saw it either. newsweek has turned into the toilet of media. the chief editor is constantly on MSDNC and listening to him is like watching grass grow. he spends more time trying to be heard with this big, fancy words he makes no sense of the subject at hand. I used to have weekly assignments in highschool based on this magazine and its a completely different publishing these days. unfortunate, but typical in todays world and many will take what they read in this mag as real and fact. its so wonder why so many in our society are misinformed and many of them label themselves liberal.

My country is sliding.

My country is sliding.

4 sure and its the "bob"s of the world that are providing a helping hand

righthanders? im a registered independant and a former dem. my family are all dems, not liberals. my grandfather was a dem rep in new england. but thanks for faulsely labeling me. the left has mastered that-congrats!

in your mind, assumption is fact and actual facts dont exist.....unless it goes along with your aggenda.

selling magazines that smear your nation and spread hate is sick. to re-write history and spin current events isnt news. you love it because you think alike-period.

righthanders? im a registered independant and a former dem. my family are all dems, not liberals. my grandfather was a dem rep in new england. but thanks for faulsely labeling me. the left has mastered that-congrats!

in your mind, assumption is fact and actual facts dont exist.....unless it goes along with your aggenda.

selling magazines that smear your nation and spread hate is sick. to re-write history and spin current events isnt news. you love it because you think alike-period.

reread your own posts. you are not making sense, but you are angry. you're town hall angry. if newsweek had put the same cover for the u.s., you would knee jerk complain that they are anti-war. newsweek is trying to sell to their market. americans are sick of war....aren't you?

Hang on ... how old is this? As a Newsweek reader for more than a decade -- though someone who takes it now only for Fareed Zakaria -- I think that U.S. cover is of Annie Liebowitz (sp). It's a year or more old, if I recall.

I understand and appreciate the point but the cover was published during the Bush administration.

Edit: That was actually from Sept. 2006! Time sure flies.

reread your own posts. you are not making sense, but you are angry. you're town hall angry. if newsweek had put the same cover for the u.s., you would knee jerk complain that they are anti-war. newsweek is trying to sell to their market. americans are sick of war....aren't you?

of course im angry. and of course im sick of war. the quicker we get the left to step aside which the president is actually doing in regards to this conflit, the quicker we can defeat the enemy and bring our men and women home. the president is a leftist to the core, but when it comes to these wars, he knows he cant listen to the left if we want victory and i applaud him for that. now if he can just call the war on terror what it is, the war on terror".

how could i not be angry when a once great news outlet like newsweek lies to its customers for political gain or from flat out irresponsibility? how could i not be angry that things such as our soldiers are used for political gain which is what newsweek constantly does and has from the start of this conflict. how could i not be angry when i cant make a life decision based on whats going on in the world when a newsweek isnt telling the truth or is spinning the heck out of it? we should all be angry

It's all about market share, ratings etc. We get the one sided American view because we mostly just tune in to these cable pundit programs and the networks that are increasingly cutting their budgets. We get mostly domestic news, because in part our media will not spend the money to send reporters around the world like we used to. Next time you watch a nightly news program see how much time is spent on international news including our wars.

For a more balanced view of what is going on in this world check out the BBC, Euronews, Al-Jezeera and others. The difference is striking and thought provoking.

It's all about market share, ratings etc. We get the one sided American view because we mostly just tune in to these cable pundit programs and the networks that are increasingly cutting their budgets. We get mostly domestic news, because in part our media will not spend the money to send reporters around the world like we used to. Next time you watch a nightly news program see how much time is spent on international news including our wars.

For a more balanced view of what is going on in this world check out the BBC, Euronews, Al-Jezeera and others. The difference is striking and thought provoking.

the bbc, eurones and al-jezeera? this is a joke, right?

fox has daily reports from the front-lines. i challenge you to find as much anywhere else in this nation. you wont

Hang on ... how old is this? As a Newsweek reader for more than a decade -- though someone who takes it now only for Fareed Zakaria -- I think that U.S. cover is of Annie Liebowitz (sp). It's a year or more old, if I recall.

I understand and appreciate the point but the cover was published during the Bush administration.

Edit: That was actually from Sept. 2006! Time sure flies.

Sept 2006?. This thread is offically closed. Thanks for the fact chek TTT!

the bbc, eurones and al-jezeera? this is a joke, right?

fox has daily reports from the front-lines. i challenge you to find as much anywhere else in this nation. you wont

Not true. Quite often, when there is breaking news, BBC has it first and accurate.

September, 2006, eh? Interesting. NPR has had a great series on the upcoming Afghanistan elections over the last week. NPR also had a story on the impending bankruptcy of Annie Liebowitz, who apparently spends way more than she makes. She is currently defaulting on a six figure cash loan made to her by some well dressed New York loan sharks.

Sept 2006?. This thread is offically closed. Thanks for the fact chek TTT!

You really just did show your face. UGGGGGGGGGGGLY

September, 2006, eh? Interesting. NPR has had a great series on the upcoming Afghanistan elections over the last week. NPR also had a story on the impending bankruptcy of Annie Liebowitz, who apparently spends way more than she makes. She is currently defaulting on a six figure cash loan made to her by some well dressed New York loan sharks.

Thanks for this - I looked it up. $24 million!

So I guess that deal with Newsweek to promote her 2006 book didn't work out so well for her? :roll:

the bbc, eurones and al-jezeera? this is a joke, right?

fox has daily reports from the front-lines. i challenge you to find as much anywhere else in this nation. you wont

Fox uses Al Jazeera footage in their broadcasts. Open your mind.

Not true. Quite often, when there is breaking news, BBC has it first and accurate.

i watch it daily. and your 100% incorrect-respectfully. just because they say its true, doesnt make it so

Fox uses Al Jazeera footage in their broadcasts. Open your mind.

using footage is just a bit different dont ya think. saying the network is fair and informative and using footage ie a bomb attach are completely different things. perhaps its not my mind thats closed.

using footage is just a bit different dont ya think. saying the network is fair and informative and using footage ie a bomb attach are completely different things. perhaps its not my mind thats closed.

OK, Al Jazeera is fair and informative, but only when screened by Fox news. Nobody else, no individuals on the Left or the Right are capable of doing that for themselves.:roll:

I trust Too Far Tampa's assessment that the covers were in 2006. Kurt, did you purposely mislead us just to bring the shout-downers out of the woodwork?

the 06 dynamic is even more relevant today

It's all about market share, ratings etc. We get the one sided American view because we mostly just tune in to these cable pundit programs and the networks that are increasingly cutting their budgets. We get mostly domestic news, because in part our media will not spend the money to send reporters around the world like we used to. Next time you watch a nightly news program see how much time is spent on international news including our wars.

For a more balanced view of what is going on in this world check out the BBC, Euronews, Al-Jezeera and others. The difference is striking and thought provoking.

All I know is when I was in Mexico during the early days of the swine flu outbreak and had access to Fox, CNN, and two BBC news channels, the BBC was by far the most informative of the bunch. It was not even close.

Newsweek has turned into a rag ever since they changed the format this spring. The layout is horrible (according to my graphic designer/artist daughter), and the font is horrible (too difficult to read). It no longer "covers" the news.

I'm afraid that both printed magazines and newspapers will soon be a thing of the past. Actually the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has stopped delivering here. Our only option is online -- $15 for three months versus $65.24. Also that's a good thing in terms of being green, but I can take a magazine to the beach -- won't do that with my laptop. I guess anything you can see in a magazine/newspaper/book, you can see online. Even magazines like Southern Living are printing links to their websites in the magazine itself. Are they trying to put themselves out of business?

I guess I'm old school, but I'd much rather flip through a book or magazine, underline it, dog-ear the pages, etc., than read the same thing online. But that will soon be .

BTW re Kurt's post, magazines have always had different issues for different locations. Southern Living has special ads and sections directed at different states. Newsweek has always had ads geared towards different locations. Of course, U.S. and international news ... shouldn't that be pretty immutable?