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.

Source

[FreedomCalls]

Here's Newsweek's Arabic-language website.

http://nwa.alwatan.com.kw/

[FreedomCalls]

They don't seem to have archives and the Internet Archive doesn't have this years material yet.

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://nwa.alwatan.com.kw/

[An Old Marine]

Don't buy, don't read Newsweek. The situation will clear itself up and send a message to the MSM: tell the truth.

[USF]

Thanks for the ping Jan.

These people have the morals of sewer rats... words... fail... me....

[Grampa Dave]

I just got off the phone with a friend who used to travel in Asia and Europe (before 9/11).

He had told us years ago that when Follywood actors started to lose their star power in America, they went to Euro Trash Land and Asia to condemn America to sell their old movies over there. The same rule worked with singers.

This friend confirmed that Newsweak and Slime have trashing America for decades in their foriegn versions. He feels that they have been doing this to make up for lost readership/subscribers in America.

[Grampa Dave]

NewWeak is a pr arm of the left wing Washington Post. The Washington Post Stock is very expensive. It has taken a beating this year.

What I find amazing is how much WP stock is owned by some of the well known Mutual Fund companies. With the losses the WP stock has had this year and this mess, any mutual fund company owning large blocks of WP stock should be sold.

Fidelity and Vanguard have responded to complaints and dumped a lot of WP stock.

The link below shows ownership by large organizations and mutual funds.



http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/ownership/ownership.asp?Symbol=US%3aWPO

Any mutual fund/holding company which still owns WPO stock after the crummy 5 months this year is $crewing the owners of its mutual funds. Look at the $ losses for Buffet.

[jb6]

One of the authors on the International Edition: Fareed Zakaria? Hmm, bet he's got an unbiased opinion.

[jb6]

They do and they are even more apologetic for the Islamics then even here. I think what it'll take is a Musi take over in Holland. When queers and libs are hanging from all the lamp posts there will be shock in the lefty media and fear. Then watch how quickly the drum beat of fascist, kill the islamic fascist begins. You'll see the left screaming that the right is weak on terror and islam and why haven't we nuked Mecca yet.

[Grampa Dave]

by Registered

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[cvq3842]

Thanks - I needed the laugh. Although the topic itself is anything but funny.

I'm not surprised that magazines "tailor" their issues for different audiences. But I sure wouldn't want to read, much less purchase, a magazine that publishes what Newsweek did, ANYWHERE.

This was a good find - I'm glad I know what Newsweek is up to.

[struggle]

Ah the Japanese left. Even more rabid than the American left. But they don't protest.

[MeekOneGOP]

I've no idea, sorry.

[SierraWasp]

You are wiser, by far, than that buttonhole Buffet!!! I don't care if he is a billionairre! He's the Whoracole of Omaha!!! (how did you spell Larry Ellison's company to make it whoracole?)

[SierraWasp]

Another Registered GRAND SLAM!!! Too Funny!!!

[Liz]

..... Look at the $ losses for Buffet.......

AIG'S PHONY BOOKS GO BACK 14 YEARS By RICHARD WILNER

March 31, 2005 -- Red-faced and reeling insurance giant AIG admitted yesterday its balance sheet reflected shoddy accounting going back as far as 14 years.

The improper treatment of dozens of reinsurance deals, with Warren Buffett's General Re and other companies, resulted in shareholder equity being inflated by as much as $1.7 billion, or 2 percent of market capitalization, the company said.

..........comes less than 24 hours after Buffett went on the offensive and declared that he wasn't fully briefed on what AIG's Hank Greenberg planned to do with the finite insurance deals.

REST HERE: http://www.nypost.com/business/22834.htm

[swampfox98]

"America, the dream country, is rotting away".) According to Newsweek itself, the article described "the world's rejection of the American way of life."

If so, why are millions upon millions of illegals fleeing from their own countries and coming to America? Newsweek needs to be charged with treason.

[Grampa Dave]

Whoreacle!

[TexKat]

Funny how Newsweek isn't brave enough to show a Koran in a trash can.

Check this picture out and the caption.

A holy Quran which, according to members of the National Guard, survived the explosion of a car bomb at lunchtime outside the popular Habayibna restaurant, where police officers often meet for lunch, in the Talibia area of northern Baghdad, Iraq Monday, May 23, 2005, killing at least three people and injuring more than 70 according to eyewitnesses and hospital officials. (AP Photo / Mohammed Uraibi)

[Grampa Dave]

"The improper treatment of dozens of reinsurance deals, with Warren Buffett's General Re and other companies, resulted in shareholder equity being inflated by as much as $1.7 billion, or 2 percent of market capitalization, the company said.

..........comes less than 24 hours after Buffett went on the offensive and declared that he wasn't fully briefed on what AIG's Hank Greenberg planned to do with the finite insurance deals."

Sounds like the Whoreacle of Omaha has let his left wing PC ism get in the way of good investing.

His losses, er investor losses on their Wash Po shares was $153,805,632. No wonder the Whoreacle of Omaha doesn't believe in dividends for those who buy the Whoreacle of Omaha's product.

[Darkwolf]

LOL Wow, that's just too rich. The REVERENCE, the respect in that caption.

I would love to be looking in the eyes of a Newsweakling as he says "Oh, no, we have no anti-US/anti-Christian bias at Newsweek." And when the issue changed to Islam we'd hear the word "respect" and the new cliche "Not ALL Muslims are like that..."