Newsweek - good grief

[68Camaro]

I haven't looked a Newsweek in years, maybe decades. But I do recall that my first real employer 30+ years ago gave us all subscriptions to US News and World Report, rather than Newsweek, because even at the time Newsweek was considered to have an overly liberal and business unfriendly bent.

Yesterday at lunch I picked one up off the free rack, left by someone else, to skim while eating. Good grief - the thing doesn't even make a pretense any longer of presenting any type of balanced view. It's now purely a far-left-wing propaganda piece. Page after page of anti-conservative, anti-republican, anti-Tea Party, pro-Obama stuff (even suggesting Obama hasnt' done enough).

It's one thing to be liberal. I know we have a few of those here. But at this, I was shocked!

[bankmining]

I remember my school district while growing up in the 70's using Newsweek for their High School current events type classes.

[shinnosuke]

That's why I wasn't too shocked at the poor way the nickel story of a couple months ago was handled by their editors.

[Rodebaugh]

I remember my school district while growing up in the 70's using Newsweek for their High School current events type classes.

ditto for me and my HS in the late 90's.

Maybe thats why I am an Obama loving liberal.

[theo]

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/01/brot ... ickel.html

I just got around the reading the article on nickels. Its about what I expected. He represented the site as one focusing primarily on nickels when it is only one catagory out of more than a dozen. I also noticed that we were described as "hoarders" not to be confused with the T.V. series which has given the term such a great conotation I fear that, as the economy grows worse, anybody who is preparing for currency devaluation as we are will be branded a "hoarder." After that how long will it before some enterprising politician proposes the "Anti-hoarding Act of 2013?"

[shinnosuke]

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/01/brother-can-you-spare-a-nickel.html

I just got around the reading the article on nickels. Its about what I expected. He represented the site as one focusing primarily on nickels when it only one catagory out more than a dozen. I also noticed that we were described as "hoarders" not to be confused with the T.V. series when has given the term such a great conotation I fear that, as the economy grows worse, anybody who is preparing for currency devaluation as we are will be branded a "hoarder." After that how long will it before some enterprising politician proposes the "Anti-hoarding Act of 2013."

Exactly

[Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay]

Plato blamed the Sophists for destroying the ancient Greek democracy. Sophistry is alive and well today, and destroying our Republic.

It is interesting that the author of the article derides what we are doing, yet grudgingly admits it is the right thing to do!

[Mossy]

...After that how long will it before some enterprising politician proposes the "Anti-hoarding Act of 2013."

Exactly

The news media is, in general, allied with that sort of politician. Screaming "We gotta do sumpen" draws more eyes (and advertising revenue) than does "Calm down you idiots and get back to work".