Newsweek

Newsweek Weirdly Ties Pope's Defense of Marriage to Supreme Court Case
May 4th, 2015 6:43 PM
Taylor Wofford spotlighted how Pope Francis "publicly affirmed his stance on so-called traditional marriage between men and women" in a Wednesday item for Newsweek. Wofford did his best to indicate that the pontiff was commenting about the recent oral arguments on same-sex "marriage" at the Supreme Court: "Though he made no specific mention of the case before the court during his daily general…
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Clinton Foundation Donor May Have Violated Iran Sanctions; Nets Ignore
April 23rd, 2015 12:23 AM
On Saturday, Newsweek reported that the largest donor to the Clinton Foundation “may be in breach of US sanctions” on Iran due to his business dealings with the authoritarian regime in his capacity as the billionaire head of a Ukrainian pipe-making business. Since the article went public, the “big three” of ABC, CBS, and NBC have yet to even acknowledge this new development. Wednesday’s The Kelly…

Newsweek Hints at 'Attractions' for Bill Clinton on Sex Fiend Island
January 29th, 2015 3:34 PM
Newsweek has suggested a couple of activities that Bill Clinton could have been involved in while visiting Jeffrey Epstein's Sex Fiend Island: chatting about theoretical physics or getting massages from pretty girls. What could it be? What could it be?

More on 'Myth' of 'No-Go Zones': Recognized Even Before the '05 Riots
January 22nd, 2015 5:28 PM
Earlier today (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I posted on the establishment press's apparent determination to punish anyone who dares to mention the existence — in their view, the "myth" — of "no-go zones" in France and other European countries.
The tactic seems to be working. The Washington Post's Erik Wemple, who criticized CNN for allowing guests to use the term and failing to challenge them…
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25 Years After the Berlin Wall, How the Media Covered Communism
November 8th, 2014 2:11 PM
Twenty-five years ago, the largely peaceful revolutions of 1989 — epitomized by the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9 of that year — ended the grip of communism in Eastern Europe. Looking back at journalism’s track record on communism, one finds a press that was too willing to act as a mouthpiece for the world’s worst dictatorships, and too accepting of the perverse claim that communism meant…

Despite MSM Hype, Coffee Party Remains Stuck in Insignificance
September 29th, 2014 8:09 PM
Despite a tremendous amount of Mainstream Media hype given to the Coffee Party at its conception four years ago, it remains stuck in utter insignficance. Its only lasting legacy is comedic in the form of perhaps the lamest rap video ever made.

CNN President: 'Complete Confidence' in Zakaria, Despite Plagiarism
September 24th, 2014 12:43 PM
CNN President Jeff Zucker is standing by Fareed Zakaria, despite new allegations that the host plagiarized in multiple venues. On Wednesday, Hadas Gold of Politico reported Zucker's Tuesday comments about Zakaria: "We continue to have complete confidence in Fareed." Gold noted that "when pressed further if that meant Zakaria would continue appearing on CNN, Zucker repeated that they have complete…

Former Newsweek Reporter: Obama's Panned West Point Speech a Reasonabl
June 1st, 2014 8:22 AM
President Obama's West Point speech was panned by consensus as hard to follow, which was even acknowledged in media-elite salons like Washington Week on PBS. But on Wednesday's edition of The Diane Rehm Show on NPR, some journalists were trashing Bush instead.
After Katrina Vanden Heuvel of The Nation credited Obama for "always looking out for a younger generation" that's more peaceful,…

Gullible Buzzfeed: Relays Hillary 'Never' Used Her Faith As An 'Overt
April 30th, 2014 7:22 PM
“Clinton doesn’t talk about her faith much. She never, as [adviser Burns] Strider says, used it “as an overt tool to talk about who she is.”
Buzzfeed’s Ruby Cramer wrote this. She graduated from Vassar in 2012. So it’s fair to say that she might have few memories of the media's "Methodist moments" during the Clinton presidency. But is Strider’s claim too good to check? Checking wouldn’t take…

'No Longer Working Out': Another Investigative Reporter, Michael Isiko
April 14th, 2014 10:42 PM
On Friday, Erik Wemple -- a blogger for the Washington Post -- announced that the “renowned investigative reporter” Michael Isikoff was leaving the “Peacock Network” that day because “it was increasingly clear" that the news division “was moving in directions in which there were going to be fewer opportunities for my work,” Isikoff told the New York Times.
After 33 years, NBC investigative…
Double Standard: The Daily Beast Whines That ‘Breitbart Twerks Pelos
April 8th, 2014 12:48 PM
The conservative website Breitbart.com recently started running a controversial ad campaign featuring Nancy Pelosi’s head superimposed on the body of a twerking Miley Cyrus. Unsurprisingly, an April 8 piece by The Daily Beast’s Emily Shire complained that “Breitbart Twerks Pelosi With Credibility-Destroying Ad” without admitting her publication’s double-standard when publishing questionable…

Newsweek 'Back From the Dead,' Causes Furor Over Bitcoin Founder's Ide
March 8th, 2014 9:15 PM
Newsweek, the weekly magazine with a penchant for controversial covers, reappeared in retail outlets across the country on Friday after more than a year as a subscription-only digital periodical. According to the Daily Beast, the publication's online partner, “a historic title is back from the dead."
As has often happened in the past, the new magazine's cover story has generated a…

Year-End Awards: Obamagasms and Fluffing the President’s Pillow
December 20th, 2013 9:24 AM
Earlier this week, the Media Research Center announced our “Best Notable Quotables of 2013,” as selected by a distinguished panel of 42 expert judges who reviewed dozens of quotes to select the worst examples of media bias in 2013.
Over the next few days, we’ll present these Notable Quotables as a way to review the worst media bias of 2013. Today, the best quotes in our “Let Us Fluff Your…

Latest Version of Newsweek Channels Leftists Comparing Pope Francis to
December 13th, 2013 10:56 PM
The latest version of Newsweek sounds like it’s going to be even more liberal than the The Daily Beast version. The group hoping to re-launch the print edition has an article on their website called “Is Pope Francis a Socialist?”
Their answer is no, but they’re so impressed with the new pope that they’re channeling the idea that somehow pope photos will replace Che Guevara as a revolutionary…