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Presidents Kill People, Especially Bush

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Newsweek, Civilian Casulaties, Michael Isikoff, Al Qaida, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, George W. Bush, The Young Turks, Osam Bin Laden, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

One out of ten times, someone is going to walk into the Oval Office and say, "I'm sorry Mr. President, our intelligence didn't pan out -- we accidentally hit a wedding. Ten civilians killed."

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Jean-Claude Van Damme Hit on Me Too

Sarah Walker | Posted 11.20.2008 | Entertainment

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Sarah Walker

As he soaked his hands in glue and dipped them in glass, our eyes met and I felt naked and exposed under his gaze.

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The Media's Own Innocent Bystander Fable

David Sirota | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

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David Sirota

According to Newsweek, the entire political media is an innocent bystander to politics -- somehow the reporters writing their stories have nothing to do with "the press" they are writing about.

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The Press and New Presidents: The Media's Double Standard

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Mark Miller, Time, Judy Miller, Bill Clinton, David Shaw, John King, Meg Greenfield, Los Angeles Times, Howie Kurtz, Fox News, New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Barack Obama, Media News
Eric Boehlert

In terms of how the press has treated the last two new presidents, there's the Democratic model (i.e. overly hostile), and the Republican model (overly docile).

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Jean-Claude Van Damme Hits On Reporter Mid-Interview

Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2008 | Entertainment

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Jean-Claude Van Damme did a Q&A with Newsweek's Sarah Ball, and at the end of the interview he stops answering questions about his new film "JCVD" and...

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This Week in Magazines: Obama's Tough Calls, Real Missions for James Bond, and the Sex-Subprime Scandal

James Warren | Posted 11.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Bon Appetit, Newsweek, This Week in Magazines, Time Magazine, Foreign Policy Magazine, Businessweek, History News Network, Media News
James Warren

It's pretty unclear if the latest version of Bond could handle Foreign Policy's "The List: Five Real Missions for 007." Back in the real world, here's what I'd love a secret agent to do.

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This Election Gave Me a New Family Heirloom

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media

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Brett Ashley McKenzie

I received my special election issue of Newsweek yesterday (the November 17 edition), and having read it cover to cover, I have just set it down.

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Did You Hear The One About Barack Obama And.....

Mark Joseph | Posted 11.09.2008 | Media

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Mark Joseph

The media's collective failure means that for the next four years we will have a cottage industry of Obama rumormongering that will make Bill Clinton and Vince Foster look like child's play.

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Obama: "We Can't Solve Global Warming Because I F---ing Changed Light Bulbs In My House"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

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While most of Newsweek's behind-the-scenes Special Election Project reporting reveals serious campaign issues on both sides, there's one funny moment ...

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Joe Biden and the Press: A Case Study in the Absurd

Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Rather than reward Biden for being open and honest with voters --for being authentic and unscripted -- the press punished him for weeks on end.

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Nomination for Best Image of Election Night 2008

David Sirota | Posted 11.05.2008 | Media

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David Sirota

For best image of the night, I nominate this image juxtaposing Newsweek's recent cover entitled "America the Conservative" next to 2008's electoral map showing a landslide for the "socialist."

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This Week in Magazines: McCain's Narrative Problem, Forbes on How Capitalism Will Save Us, and Golfers Cut Back

James Warren | Posted 10.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, This Week in Magazines, New Yorker, Time Magazine, Robert Gates, Robert Draper, New York Times Magazine, Media News
James Warren

A troubled campaign's typical finger pointing is underway in the New York Times, Forbes did not have to stray far for its cover boy, and golfers in SI face the realities of the economy.

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America is a Liberal Country

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

The Republicans are about to lose another 20 to 34 seats in the House and at least seven seats in the Senate. It will take decades -- maybe even generations -- for them to recover from that.

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Heads They Win, Tails You Lose: For the Beltway Media, Even Democratic Victories Prove the Country is Conservative

Paul Waldman | Posted 10.21.2008 | Media

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Paul Waldman

When Republicans win, we're told that Democrats need to move to the center. When Democrats win, on the other hand, we're told that... Democrats need to move to the center.

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We're Not Sure "Close" Means What Howard Fineman Thinks It Does

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

In his column about how close the White House race remains, Fineman remains dutifully silent regarding the data coming in from swing states.

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Here Comes the Onslaught

David Sirota | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media

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David Sirota

From a pure journalism perspective, it is stunning that the editor-in-chief of a supposed "news" magazine is writing cover pieces that read like cheap Republican Party direct mail, and ignore empirical data.

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This Week in Magazines: Dirty Elections Edition

James Warren | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media

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James Warren

"Mouthwash!" might be a reaction to the hand-wringing over this "nasty" campaign season -- but check out Foreign Policy and the New Yorker. We don't know dirty.

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Newsweek Articles On Candidates Become E-Books For Amazon Kindle

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media

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It would seem to be a magazine's dream in these straitened times: Take something you have already published and sold, repackage it and distribute it w...

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The Ridiculous Newsweek Cover Kerfuffle

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

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Okay so let me get this straight: Conservatives are up in arms because a photo wasn't retouched? Hm. Let's just state for the record that we're in cra...

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Memo To Media: The Palin Rape-Kit Story Has Not Been "Debunked"

Eric Boehlert | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

The press has treated the story as something of a taboo. And the loud, right-wing media claims about it being "debunked" likely add to its untouchable status.

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Eye of the Barracuda: Newsweek Looks In, And Sees Mediocrity

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

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In his Newsweek cover story, Jon Meacham points out that the American storyline is about how anyone can be president, not how anyone ought to be, just because they decide they should.

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Jason Linkins

Annals Of Unnamed Sourcery

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.06.2008 | Media

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Late last month, Alex Balk of Radar found, in this Politico article, one of the most hilarious lines of attribution I'd ever read. In an article repl...

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This Week in Magazines -- If Palin Read The Economist, Domino's Crack Cocaine

James Warren | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

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James Warren

Sarah Palin now asserts that she reads The Economist, at least to Fox News Channel. Well, doggone it, if she does peruse the Oct. 4 issue, she'll find a 20-page report on the presidential election.

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Longtime Newsweek Editor Elliott dies in NYC at 83

AP | Posted 09.28.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — Former Newsweek Editor Osborn Elliott, widely credited with making the magazine competitive with archrival Time magazine, died Sunday...

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The Campaign-Obsessed Press Never Saw Wall Street's Calamity Coming

Eric Boehlert | Posted 09.23.2008 | Media

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Eric Boehlert

Blinded by its obsession with the presidential campaign (an obsession that has too often revolved around tactics and trivia), the press this summer al...

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