Posted on 05/23/2005 4:02:47 AM PDT by SkyPilot
With Newsweek still reeling from its forced retraction of the Quran-in-the-toilet story, the magazine is now under fire for publishing what some see as staunchly anti-American covers in foreign editions.
International edition of Feb. 2 Newsweek
For instance, while a Japanese edition of Newsweek dated Feb. 2 published a cover story featuring an American flag in a trash can under the headline, "The day America died," and the international edition featured a photo of President Bush with the headline, "America Leads ... But Is Anyone Following?," the U.S. edition cover story was an "Oscar Confidential" featuring Hilary Swank, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio.
The cover story in the foreign editions, titled, "Dream on, America," about what Newsweek characterized as "the world's rejection of the American way of life," did not run in the U.S. edition of the magazine.
Japanese edition of Feb. 2 Newsweek
The Japanese edition of the magazine is raising the ire of bloggers for its illustration of a dirtied American flag, its staff broken and discarded in a trash can.
"I think they have crossed the line into outright treason," wrote one blogger yesterday. "It's time to see some of these enemy propagandists hanging from the end of a rope."
U.S. edition of Feb. 2 Newsweek
Some Newsweek international readers noticed that the story didn't run in the U.S.
"Why didn't this fine story run in my U.S. edition?" wrote one letter writer in the March 14 edition.
The Japanese cover story was noted on the blogsite Riding Sun, produced by "a New Yorker living in Tokyo."
"Newsweek's false, retracted story about American guards flushing the Quran down a toilet at Guantanamo doesn't necessarily mean the magazine's staff hates America or Bush, or wants us to lose in Iraq," wrote Rising Sun. "To be charitable, let's just chalk that one up to sloppy journalism. But I'm at a loss to explain this."
Sidebar Mod, could you fix my spelling error in the title? Thanks!
When Newsweek isn't trashing America, it's embracing Hollywood. Sickening. Any conservative who continues to subscribe to this rag can't truly be a conservative.
My gosh. How can the nitwits keep shooting themselves in the foot?
So Newsweek is so arrogant they thought we wouldn't find out?
I don't believe that issue showed up at any of the overseas military base PX's. It didn't here as far as I know and if it had, I imagine it would have caused quite an outrage.
You're welcome. :-)
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This is why I read Free Republic, shining the light of day on what the liberal MSM tries to get away with.
Newsweek probably thought the only people who would be offended would be a bunch of hicks who live in fly-over country and would never find out because they never leave their farms. That's the liberal elite mindset that causes the CBS Evening News, The New York Times and Newsweek to all become national disgraces.
The only thing that surprises me about this cover is that it took so long for the blogosphere to drag it into the light -- it's the February edition.
Betcha it's the leftist creeps in their U.S. corporate office.
Do we get to riot now LOL.
I wish every one of these newsweek clowns would read: 'Sanctuary' by Bill Whittle - CHECK IT OUT!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1407257/posts
Maybe we should check on what our other American magazines are putting on their covers overseas.
Newsweak...another enemy within outed!
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