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Newsweek: America is dead (U.S. Flag Shown in Trashcan on Cover!)
Riding Sun Blog ^ | 5/23/2005 01:17:00 | GaijinBiker

Posted on 05/22/2005 11:12:32 AM PDT by FreedomCalls

Edited on 05/22/2005 4:04:18 PM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]

Newsweek's false, retracted story about American guards flushing the Koran down a toilet at Guantanamo doesn't necessarily mean the magazine's staff hates America or Bush, or wants us to lose in Iraq. To be charitable, let's just chalk that one up to sloppy journalism.

But I'm at a loss to explain this, from the February 2 issue of Newsweek's Japanese edition:

As you can see, the cover story shows an American flag, dirtied and tossed in a trash can, its staff snapped in two. The large white text reads, "Amerika ga shinda hi", which translates to "The day America died."

The equivalent international edition of Newsweek, the January 31 issue, featured a picture of Bush on the cover, with the caption "America Leads ...But is Anyone Following?":
Both of the above editions featured a cover-story article by Andrew Moravcsik, titled "Dream on, America". (This was translated into Japanese as "Yume no kuni Amerika ga kuchihateru toki", which is even harsher; it means, roughly, "America, the dream country, is rotting away".) According to Newsweek itself, the article described "the world's rejection of the American way of life."

Moravcsik's article did not run in the American edition of that same issue. The cover was also a bit different. It featured Hilary Swank, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx, with the title "Oscar Confidential:
If you look carefully, you'll see that one of the articles from the other two editions is mentioned in a small blurb at the top: Fareed Zakaria's "High Hopes, Hard Facts" — here billed as "A reality check on Bush & 'Freedom'". Sure, they put scare quotes around "Freedom", but pretty tame stuff, all things considered.

It's one thing for Newsweek to actively promote the notion that America is a "dead", "rotting" country overseas. But it's quite another thing indeed to hide those efforts from its American readers. If Newsweek really thinks America is dead, and our flag belongs in the trash, why won't it tell us?

If I were to offer Newsweek a suggestion, it would be this: Any story or cover you're ashamed to run in America probably shouldn't be used in other countries, either.

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This is an outrage! How can they do this yet claim to be apologetic for the Koran desecration story?
1 posted on 05/22/2005 11:12:34 AM PDT by FreedomCalls
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To: FreedomCalls
But it's quite another thing indeed to hide those efforts from its American readers. If Newsweek really thinks America is dead, and our flag belongs in the trash, why won't it tell us?

I didn't think I could get any madder at Newsweek. I was wrong.

2 posted on 05/22/2005 11:15:49 AM PDT by handy (Forgive me this day, my daily typos...The Truth is not a Smear!)
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To: FreedomCalls

Are Newsweek's anti-American views news to some here? Every anti-American story the MSM runs just shows the public what they truly are in a clearer fashion.


3 posted on 05/22/2005 11:16:05 AM PDT by Stonedog (I don't know what your problem is, but I bet it's difficult to pronounce.)
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To: FreedomCalls

To hell with Newsweek in all its incarnations!


4 posted on 05/22/2005 11:17:20 AM PDT by Texas_Jarhead (To hell with Mexico, its policies, and its leaders)
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To: FreedomCalls

"As you can see, the cover story shows an American flag, dirtied and tossed in a trash can, its staff snapped in two. The large white text reads, "Amerika ga shinda hi", which translates to "The day America died.""


Interesting how America seems to get blamed for EVERYTHING that goes wrong around the globe. Hell, I am getting sick of everyone using the US as a scapegoat for their problems. Oh, but when they need help...THAT's a different story...all the sudden we become their best friends...

I say SCREW EM ALL!


5 posted on 05/22/2005 11:17:25 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly ("“When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, don't wait until it has struck before you crush it)
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To: FreedomCalls

I believe they are owned by WashPost.


6 posted on 05/22/2005 11:18:27 AM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (whats wrong with a draft?)
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To: FreedomCalls
Don't forget, Newsweek is owned by the Washington Post. When I was living in Eurabia the transplanted Amerikans working the CNN World Edition were more anti-American than any other news journalists I saw. I guess that's why they quit running the shows over here.
7 posted on 05/22/2005 11:18:57 AM PDT by Cornpone
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To: FreedomCalls

I've read, here, that cnn and others trash us relentlessly in their foreign broadcasts. It's all psyops.


8 posted on 05/22/2005 11:19:26 AM PDT by monkeywrench (http://ciudadano.presidencia.gob.mx/peticion/peticion.htm -Tell Vicente)
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To: FreedomCalls

Interesting that what is featured on the US edition cover seems to support what is featured on the covers of the other editions.


9 posted on 05/22/2005 11:20:12 AM PDT by mc6809e
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To: FreedomCalls

Yes Newsweek and all who work for it are trash but, the first amendment protects them.


10 posted on 05/22/2005 11:20:21 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: FreedomCalls

11 posted on 05/22/2005 11:28:01 AM PDT by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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To: FreedomCalls
Maybe they are upset because "Newsweek" is dead.
12 posted on 05/22/2005 11:41:25 AM PDT by mmercier (communists, queers and nitwits)
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To: FreedomCalls

This can't be doing Newsweek any good in the subscription department. I wonder what their numbers will look like in another year.


13 posted on 05/22/2005 11:43:13 AM PDT by claudiustg (Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
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To: handy; FreedomCalls; Lazamataz; bert; Southack; doug from upland; GunnyBob; Calpernia; Howlin; ...
"I didn't think I could get any madder at Newsweek. I was wrong."

I think you speak for a LOT of us!

Let's ramp up the efforts to contact ALL NewsWeek/WaPo advertisers, can we turn this into a serious ACTIVISM thread?!?

14 posted on 05/22/2005 11:45:21 AM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: FreedomCalls

bump.

Nuck Fewsweek


15 posted on 05/22/2005 11:46:53 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Stonedog

I was going to say, just talk to any Viet Nam Vet about Newsweek


16 posted on 05/22/2005 11:47:11 AM PDT by CasearianDaoist
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To: FreedomCalls
Repost of the images:

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Japanese Edition
International Edition
American Edition

17 posted on 05/22/2005 11:55:43 AM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: Blurblogger
I am busy as hell at work for a few days.

But I have not forgotten our project.

Plan to hear from me by weeks end, and if you do not, ping me.

18 posted on 05/22/2005 11:56:18 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Not Elected Pope Since 4/19/2005.)
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To: FreedomCalls

I think they have crossed the line into outright treason. It's time to see some of these enemy propagandists hanging from the end of a rope.


19 posted on 05/22/2005 11:58:40 AM PDT by thoughtomator (So you're a feminist... that's so cute!)
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To: FreedomCalls
Article 1 of 1, Article ID: nwolmail1120050314 March 14, 2005, Newsweek International, Atlantic Edition Mail Call Doing It Their Way Our Jan. 31 report on the world's rejection of the American way of life provoked a passionate response. "Thanks for telling the truth," said one reader. Asked another, "Why didn't this fine story run in my U.S. edition?" A third lamented, "America is not the symbol of hope it once was to others."

Then why do they continue to flood across our borders, both legally and illegally?

20 posted on 05/22/2005 12:00:07 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (I - L O V E - my attitude problem!)
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