Newsweek: America is dead (U.S. Flag Shown in Trashcan on Cover!)

Riding Sun Blog ^ | 5/23/2005 01:17:00 | GaijinBiker

[FreedomCalls]

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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[Matchett-PI]

See #133

[nutmeg]

We've had to take my 81-year-old mom to a bunch of dentist and doctor appointments lately. I've noticed these offices have many copies of Newsweak on hand. I'm seriously thinking of defacing them... ie, scribbling LIES! and/or BIAS! across the front covers with a black Sharpie. Can I get arrested for that? LOL

[nutmeg]

Nice work. "Newsweek = Dead" We can always hope...

[TGOGary]

I bet the troops in Iraqi and Afghanistan just love Newsweak right now. Hey NW, how about some frontline reporting, hope you have plenty of insurance.

[MeekOneGOP]

Bye, paul_fromatlanta.

"He's dead, Jim!"

[Search4Truth]

Children should be seen and not heard.

Why don't you spend a couple of months here reading first, before you start to post and profess your ignorance and child-like mentality. In time, you might become a rational thinking adult. Until then STFU, errant child.

[Paul_Denton]

F**K NewsWEAK!!!

[Soaring Feather]

bump

[JulieRNR21]

Someone suggested using the postage paid postcards for new subscribers, which are inserted in the magazines, to send comments on Newsweek false Koran story and other anti-American stories.

You can get some next time you go to the dctor or dentist.

[Stellar Dendrite]

LOL!!!!!
Meek to the rescue!

[bulldozer]

Does anyone know that the Newsweek in Japan may have a different autonomy than the Newsweek in U.S.?

[FreedomCalls]

Fascinating how the American edition gets entertainment fluff on its cover and the rest of the world gets the anti-Bush piece.

TWICE! See post 67!

[USMC Veteran]

This is an outrage! How can they do this yet claim to be apologetic for the Koran desecration story?

Does the phrase, "Do as I say, not as I do" come to mind?

[chuckwalla]

I don't believe newsweek is anti-American.
They as many other rags are vehemently anti-Bush.
I believe they are trying to walk a fine line in their attempt to get republicans out of power by demonizing everything they do. It seems that they don't mind sacfiricing America in order to achieve their goal.
If they succeed and return the rats then it will be the dawn of goodness again and everything good will be reported like they did with clinton.
they will then say that we should never return to the evil ways of the republicans by reminding us of all the problems.
But the problems were simply their negative demonizing for purely political reasons.
However they are crossing over the line of sedition by supporting our enemy in time of war.
Perhaps their self created demise will be celebrated by true Americans

[hineybona]

Excellent Idea

[editor-surveyor]

Newsweak? Who reads it?

[hineybona]

You say Newsweek isn't anti-American then say they are crossing the line of sedition..Make up your mind.

[ShowMeMom]

LOL!!!!! Meek to the rescue!

Well, now Paul has more time to look "inward"....at his own NAVEL.

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL...take a look at paul, he is doing anything he can to distract from his past words. Pretty pathetic, isn't it?

It's a typical Liberal debate tactic. Howard Dean used it quite frequently on MTP today.

[hineybona]

The next time some of these foriegn countries ask for MORE MONEY or More Protection let's tell them America is Dead , go someplace else.