Newsweek
Newsweek’s One-Sided, but Blunt Reporting: 'The Economy Sucks
January 16th, 2008 8:37 AM
The headline "The Economy Sucks" might be something you'd expect to see in Rolling Stone or on Slate.com, but certainly not in a reputable news magazine, right? Yet, the January 21 issue of Newsweek defied expectations by using that for part of a headline for a one-sided, pro-Bill Clinton view of the economy. The article recalled the 1992 "It's the economy, stupid!" campaign as it tore down…
Top Clinton Adviser Arrested for Drunk Driving, Media Mum
January 12th, 2008 11:11 AM
Imagine if a longtime adviser for Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, or Fred Thompson had been arrested for drunk driving two nights before the New Hampshire primary. Do you think this would have gotten reported? Probably as much as Hillary's crying game, or even more, correct? Well, Newsweek's Stumper blog reported Friday evening that longtime Clinton adviser and…
Barack Oba-moderate
January 10th, 2008 6:45 AM
It's one of the great MSM rituals of presidential politics: the labeling of leading Dems as "moderates" or "centrists." Gail Collins honors the tradition in her New York Times column of today. Now it's true that Collins ostensibly speaks more of Obama's tone than of his politics. But, ultimately, as you'll see, she melds the two to portray a thoroughly moderate man. We'll do a reality check…
Newsweek's Alter Sees Women Voters Driven by Emotion, Pique at Males
January 9th, 2008 11:17 AM
Writing on Newsweek's Web site, Jonathan Alter offers up three "pop psych theories" as to why Hillary Clinton won in New Hampshire when the media establishment (Alter included) unanimously predicted an Obama victory. To Alter, the mystery is why women voters flocked to Hillary in such large numbers, and his theories range from the patronizing (discounting her First Lady "experience" as irrelevent…
Newsweek's 'Conventional Wisdom' Revels In Imagined Recession Fear
January 8th, 2008 11:05 AM
You'll have to pardon me for just noticing this. It is after all, only Newsweek. January 5, 2008 Economy Unemployment hits 5 percent. Can you say the R-word? Of course, as fellow…
Bozell Column: Reform the Reporters
January 3rd, 2008 1:41 PM
The presidential nominating contest keeps creeping earlier and earlier into the election year. The Iowa caucuses are 16 days earlier than in 2004. The New Hampshire primary is 19 days earlier than in 2004. Before the first results, the media were already pushing the contenders around, predicting that most presidential campaigns are toast if they don’t win in one of these states, and in so doing,…
