Newsweek's Fineman Bashes Newt for Dishing 'Old-School Insults' Like

June 15th, 2009 9:32 AM

Newsweek’s Clift: ‘I Heard Nothing But Rave Reviews’ for Obama

June 7th, 2009 3:14 PM
Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift seemed flabbergasted on this weekend’s McLaughlin Group as fellow panelists Pat Buchanan, Monica Crowley and Mort Zuckerman all criticized President Obama’s speech to Muslims in Cairo. Perhaps reflecting the mindset of her Newsweek colleagues, Clift exclaimed: “Until I came on this set, I heard nothing but rave reviews for this speech. I feel like I’m in a total parallel…

National Review Skewers Newsweek's Obama Fixation

June 6th, 2009 2:44 PM
The good folks at National Review are absolutely skewering Newsweek's disgraceful Obama fixation with a delicious parody of the magazine including "New, improved, and longer articles extolling the First Family!" (h/t Hot Air, larger picture below the fold):
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Newsweek’s Evan Thomas: Obama Is ‘Sort of God

June 5th, 2009 6:45 PM
  Newsweek editor Evan Thomas brought adulation over President Obama’s Cairo speech to a whole new level on Friday, declaring on MSNBC: "I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." Thomas, appearing on Hardball with Chris Matthews, was reacting to a preceding monologue in which Matthews praised Obama’s speech: "I think the President's speech…

CBS Warns of Bad Oprah Advice, No Mention of Obama Endorsement

June 3rd, 2009 3:29 PM
At the top of Wednesday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith cast doubt on talk show host and major Obama supporter, Oprah Winfrey: "And call it the ‘Oprah Effect.’ She speaks, people listen. But is her show actually leading her audience astray?" Oddly, no mention was made of Winfrey’s very public endorsement Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign.Later, co-host Julie Chen also teased the upcoming…

MRC's Graham Discusses Newsweek Columnist's Discovery: Media Infatuate

June 3rd, 2009 11:56 AM
Appearing on the June 3 "America's Newsroom" program, Graham discussed Newsweek economics columnist Robert Samuelson's gripe that the media's "Obama infatuation is a great unreported story of our time."  Samuelson "is a reasonable guy" who "has got to know that we've had years of pro-Obama bias, and certainly in the pages of his own magazine, where there are syrupy pictures of Barack and/or…

The New Opinionated Newsweek: 'A Pretty Stupid Idea for a Magazine

May 31st, 2009 11:09 PM

Newsweek Editor: Iran Wants Nukes...But Only for Civilian Uses

May 24th, 2009 10:50 AM
(Oops! "Ugly reality" already seems to have contradicted the naive premise of this Newsweek editor. See update below.)I'm not sure what's scarier: the fact that Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria wants us to believe that Iran seeks nuclear power only for peaceful purposes or that President Obama might be seriously buying into this guy's delusions by reading his book, The Post-American…

Media Let Culture Wars Cloud 'American Idol' Win

May 21st, 2009 3:47 PM
After the winner of "American Idol" is crowned, the appropriate action is to congratulate the newly crowned Idol on his success. Yet on May 21 media focus was clearly elsewhere. That day, reports on all three networks' morning broadcasts, marveled at how Kris Allen beat Adam Lambert and gave unusual attention to contestants who did not win, but are still successful, leaving little doubt that…

Newsweek's Miller Pontificates Against Poor Papal PR; Furthers Discred

May 18th, 2009 11:57 AM
Not only does Pope Benedict XVI have crappy PR, he has absolutely no excuse for it, Newsweek religion editor Lisa Miller informs readers in a May 14 piece written for the May 25 dead-tree edition. Yet while insisting that her advice is submitted "with respect," Miller failed to remove the log from her own eye by considering the role that she and other reporters play in trumping up alleged papal…

Newsweek Editor: Woo Hoo! Our Magazine Circulation Is Being Cut in Hal

May 18th, 2009 10:19 AM
"Hey Dad! Great news! My report card grades are half of what they were last term!"And just before my father would have smacked me upside my head for being so absurd, I would have quickly pointed out that the editor of Newsweek, Jon Meacham, is celebrating the fact that his magazine's circulation is being cut in half. Of course, back when I was a kid Newsweek at least made an attempt to be…

Obama Says He's Spock Then Misuses English Language

May 17th, 2009 6:36 AM
Remember how the left always asserted that George W. Bush was stupid? Remember how they were so thrilled to have the Obamessiah that spoke so well, a president that was perpetually the smartest man in the room? Well, after the many stammering TelePrompter free stump debacles during the campaign, many began to doubt this claim of his superior intelligence. Here is another small dent in that…

Actor Claims to Newsweek His Evil-Priest Character Suggests Nothing An

May 15th, 2009 3:14 PM

Newsweek Frets about Christian Influence on ‘Idol’ Voting

May 12th, 2009 5:42 PM
According to Newsweek's Ramin Setoodeh, "American Idol's" Adam Lambert could "be heading home" due to those homophobic Christians that watch every week. Lambert, Setoodeh wrote in a May 12 blog post, "has been called the best ‘Idol' singer in the history of the show, thanks to his Celine Dion-like pipes. But he's also one of the most controversial, thanks to his Marilyn Manson-like wardrobe…