It's bad enough that the new design of Newsweek came with blatant cover-story campaigning for Joe Biden. Then in the next edition, when it was time for Letters to the Editor, was there any chance of an anti-Biden message being published? No.
In the October 26 edition, there were only four pro-Biden letters hailing his "valiant voice of sanity." But here's where it gets funny: Newsweek ran a chart of its reader mail. Of the letters on the Biden cover, it said 25 percent were positive, 25 percent were neutral, and 50 percent were critical.
Not one of them was worthy? It's like Newsweek is saying: "Stop criticizing our heroes. We're not going to publishing your critical letters anyway."
In fact, this issue ran only seven letters: four for Biden, two criticizing Newsweek for allowing Christopher Hitchens to lament Obama's Nobel Prize, and one generic attack on "the right wing media."
The letter highlighted in large red type said "I'm glad Joe chose a life of service to this nation. And I'm glad Obama chose Joe, especially given his foreign-policy expertise. No typical vice president here."
This is pretty comical stuff from the "news" magazine that published an insulting cover story in 2005 on how George W. Bush was isolated within a bubble of people who agreed with him.
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Comments Policy
Tim
October 24, 2009 - 10:35 ET by NorthCoasterThey chose not to print any of those letters because they were from subscribers who were canceling their subscriptions.
Addition:
When do you think they will run an article about Obama's gaggle of groupies surrounding him in a bubble?
Newsweak redesign-
October 24, 2009 - 10:38 ET by SickofLibsNice to see that they stopped mincing around and finally incorporated Obama into their official masthead.
Shut up, he explained.
October 24, 2009 - 10:40 ET by motherbelt"Shut up," he explained. - Ring Lardner
It is amusing that some
October 24, 2009 - 10:43 ET by kefkaIt is amusing that some Newsweek readers still think that Newsweek wants to hear anything from them. Its a leftist rag. Readers are supposed to read it so they know what to think and then they are supposed to shut up.
STOP THE PRESSES!!
October 24, 2009 - 10:54 ET by Tugboat PhilThere are people running around in America that think that Joe Biden is a"valiant voice of sanity."
That IS news!
Gun Control - The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.
Well Tug
October 24, 2009 - 10:57 ET by general companyWhats really sad, is compared to a bunch of other folks in this Admin, I am starting to argee,,,,,,,that he maybe the sanest
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
"What’s really sad,…"
October 24, 2009 - 21:04 ET by needleIn absolute terms it is sad; but look at it this way: A lot of people reckoned that Obama picked Biden as assassination insurance. As such I still hope it works, but if it fails to work, at least the country may get a chance to appreciate Biden’s relative sanity…
- Relying upon the Liberal Media for your information is like relying upon an embezzler for your portfolio management.
- I didn't leave the Republican Party; the Republican Party left me.
Phil, I don't know if it's
October 24, 2009 - 13:26 ET by MikeBPhil, I don't know if it's really news or not, but it is amusing. I'll bet that same group of people also saw Elvis in a 7-11 buying coffee this morning. Maybe we do need Obamacare so those people can get the medication they so desperately need.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Actually
October 24, 2009 - 14:01 ET by Tugboat PhilA good friend of ours is a democrat from the old days. She hates Obama but for some reason thinks Biden should have been the head of the ticket. And in all other respects she seems to be a functioning adult capable of making decisions for herself.
Go figure.
Gun Control - The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.
Phil, remind your friend
October 24, 2009 - 14:53 ET by MikeBPhil, remind your friend that plugs already tried that route, and he had to withdraw from the race because of his plagiarism, not only of Neil Kinnock, but of others as well.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
No. That is
October 24, 2009 - 13:38 ET by Jack BauerNo.
That is CRAZY.
Not to pick on Joe but they
October 24, 2009 - 10:56 ET by nicksmith112Not to pick on Joe but they sure sweetened up his photos.
They photo-shopped hair on his head!
I'm a refugee from the Democratic Party.
→ Joe's Hair
October 24, 2009 - 11:00 ET by Cool ArrowObviously they don't love Joe as much as Rolling Stone loved Al Gore.
Now, That's photoshopping. Maybe it was the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
You mean...
October 24, 2009 - 11:34 ET by StarAZThey photo-shopped hair on his head!
You mean--on his head in a PICTURE, right?
Newsweek...it is still
October 24, 2009 - 11:19 ET by gopsteveNewsweek...it is still around?
Same!
October 24, 2009 - 11:33 ET by StarAZI was thinking the same--is anyone reading it? I haven't seen the new pamphlet form or whatever it is since I cancelled. This is why the word whatEV was invented.
Proves the rule once again
October 24, 2009 - 11:35 ET by KC MulvilleThe bigger bias is in what they don't report, never mind the slant they put on what they do report.
Newsweek not a news organization
October 24, 2009 - 13:35 ET by allouchsit"It's not a news organization so much as it has a perspective."
- Rahm Emanuel
Have you picked up an issue lately?
October 24, 2009 - 13:41 ET by TexndocIt's got about as many pages as a pamphlet. Took me three months to tell customer service to quit sending free issues to my office (they were going straight into the NON-recycle bin. Don't you people care about Global Warming?)
Texndoc...We went through the same...
October 24, 2009 - 15:39 ET by PrairieSkything when we cancelled our subscription in 2002. We called to cancel, and customer service said fine, no problem. A few months later, I began receiving pieces of mail saying "We want you back" with enticing subscription rates. I ignored them. Six months went by and I was still receiving these. Finally after about a year of this, I called them one day and said don't send me anymore of these...We aren't interested in Newsweek anymore. We were told sorry and fine. Well, sure enough, a month or so later, we got another one. This time when I called customer service, I told them I wanted to speak to a manager. When they came on the line, I explained what had been happening and that we wanted it to stop, and that if it didn't we were going to report them to the Better Business Bureau and our state's attorney general's office. She actually asked me why we had cancelled our subscription after taking it for so long (almost 20 years), so I told her. We were sick to death of their increasingly left-leaning journalism and their seemingly constant attacks on President Bush, and were no longer interested in helping them fund such garbage journalism any longer...Long pause, and then she said she was sorry and would take care of it. We haven't heard from them since...
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
WHY NEWSWEEK IS A JOKE
October 24, 2009 - 14:06 ET by RpeggioThat's what the title should be on every Newsweek magazine cover. The owner is a far left libby and like the rest of the old stream media, is fully en amore con Obama.
Observations on Biden
October 24, 2009 - 14:57 ET by BourbeauI can't argue that Joe isn't a nice guy; everyone likes Joe. Having said that, his judgment on foreign policy, particularly as it pertains to this country's role in defending the world is horrendous. Wrong on the Gulf War; wrong on Iraq; wrong on the Surge; and wrong on Afghanistan. If that's not enough, he was hailed as the President's point man on the Stimulus; how's that working out? Employment forecasts are wrong; job creation expectations are wrong (except for goverment); hasn't a clue regarding how the money has been spent and has had no influence on where (full disclosure - we have a nice Park and Ride in my hometown being extended thanks to the stimulus - yipeeeeeeeee). Joe Biden is in his element - 2nd man from the top; no quatifiable responsibilities; plenty of meetings and trips to spew nonsense; and no clue regarding military strategy. We're all still waiting on his white paper for the partition of Iraq into three parts - just freaking brilliant. His most distinguishable effort was keeping the cop and the professor from clubing one another at the picnic table - just kidding. Newsweek needs to step back and ask just one question. Is it efforts like this, to promote the VP, that will keep us from folding our tent as a magazine? I don't think so.
Newsweek...Yet another example of why...
October 24, 2009 - 15:25 ET by PrairieSkywe cancelled our Newsweek subscription 7 years ago (after taking it for nearly 20 years)...I wouldn't use this rag now to line our cat's litter pan.
You know, it is interesting that Newsweek felt the need to put such a cover on their magazine...This indicates that Newsweek acknowledges that so many obviously feel that Biden is such a joke (which he is), that it felt it necessary to try to defend him. Interesting and amusing.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
Sane Old Joe
October 24, 2009 - 21:17 ET by Big MommaI saw this magazine the other day and did the
only appropriate thing I could with it.....I wrapped
my garbage in it.
Obama Lies....Freedom Dies
Not Pretending
October 25, 2009 - 00:30 ET by Secret ConservativeOnce Obama was elected, Newsweek stopped even pretending to be a NEWS magazine. It is ALL Obama, all the time. They should change the name of the thing to "O."
Oops! That one is taken by the other black narcissist...
Socialists
October 25, 2009 - 07:53 ET by nadadhimmiHey, why should Newsweek publish any critical letters? Don't you remember their headline after "the one" was inaugerated? It said "We're all Socialists now" OOPS, maybe that headline explains all the cancellations and why the mag is only 40 pages, including what little ads they can pull anymore.
Ha ha ha ha ha rolflmao!!
October 25, 2009 - 08:41 ET by Patriot IIIf they put out a magazine on "Joe IS a joke"....it would be as thick as "War and Peace"! ha ha ha......!!!
Newsweek
October 25, 2009 - 10:01 ET by Jay in NHI picked up this magazine at my father's house only to turn it over so I wouldn't have to look at the VVP; an ad with Whoopie Goldberg was on the back! Late I did open it, the first page after the letters was a plea by a guy who shot and killed chaperone at a dance. He wanted us to be more attuned to the value of rehabilitated killers!