Skip to comments.
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. Source
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agitprop; aidandcomfort; andrewmoravcsik; antiamerican; antiamericanism; banthistrash; bullzogby; burnnewsweek; bushhassers; bushhaters; cary; desecration; fifthcolumn; flag; flagdesecration; freetradesucks; holierthanthou; isikoff; jerks; journalism; koran; liberalelites; liberalmedia; lyingliars; mediabias; newsweak; newsweek; newsweekistrash; oldglory; propaganda; proterrorist; socialistscum; theuglyamerican; trashingamerica; treason; unamerican; unpatriotic; zogbyism
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-80, 81-100, 101-120 ... 301-303 next last
To: bd476
To: Blurblogger
I agree about contacting Newsweek advertisers, so much so that I posted a
LIST of them last Tuesday.
82
posted on
05/22/2005 6:20:58 PM PDT
by
TennCon
To: Stellar Dendrite; Admin Moderator
83
posted on
05/22/2005 6:24:08 PM PDT
by
bd476
To: Zeppelin
I second your motion. SCREW EM ALL.I have no probelm with your sentiment. However, why wouldn't other countries resent us when our own treasonous media is trashing us? Our REAL problem is within.
To: Stellar Dendrite; paul_fromatlanta
Paul, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Stellar, thanks for taking the time w/the links.
85
posted on
05/22/2005 6:26:01 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Yo! Cowboy! I'm praying for a LoganMiracle! It CAN happen!!!!)
To: TennCon; kcvl; Lazamataz; PilloryHillary; Southack
86
posted on
05/22/2005 6:26:55 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
To: Brad's Gramma; bd476
No problem...nothing irritates me more than DUmmies pretending to be FReepers.
To: paul_fromatlanta
IMO, you're a bit too skeptical and cynical, and all to eager to blame America first, and "looking inward" is better reserved for the soul.
Personally, I can't stand the "look inward" crowd of appeasers. We at war. I thank God and my fellow thinking Americans for electing George Walker Bush, our Commander In Chief.
.
88
posted on
05/22/2005 6:30:15 PM PDT
by
onyx
(Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
To: paul_fromatlanta
We need to look inward.Liberals like you lack soul. There's nothing to look at. You're an empty vase.
89
posted on
05/22/2005 6:31:56 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Don't hate me because I'm a player)
To: Mo1
Sadly, they are real. The MSM sinks to new depths weekly.
90
posted on
05/22/2005 6:32:25 PM PDT
by
Peach
To: FreedomCalls; B4Ranch; MeekOneGOP; devolve; Diogenesis; Boazo; Gipper08; HiJinx; CHARLITE; ...
91
posted on
05/22/2005 6:34:02 PM PDT
by
Happy2BMe
("Viva La Migra" - LONG LIVE THE BORDER PATROL!)
To: ShowMeMom
good point.
i didnt specify who "EM" was when saying "SCREW EM ALL". =P
92
posted on
05/22/2005 6:35:04 PM PDT
by
Zeppelin
(Keep on FReepin' on.....)
To: Blurblogger
93
posted on
05/22/2005 6:36:28 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: onyx
>>IMO, you're a bit too skeptical and cynical, and all to eager to blame America first, and "looking inward" is better reserved for the soul.<<
You know, conservatives in Britain supported getting rid of Saddam and they support the their troops in Iraq and they support democracy efforts there... but they are critical of how Tony Blair went about it. Should we avoid looking at how it was done because President Bush is a Republican?
But your basic point that I'm too skeptical and cynical has some validity - I try to keep those two character flaws in check but don't always do it.
I disagree that I blame America first... I care so much about the welfare of this country that I am often blind to the welfare of the rest of the world. I'm not interested in blaming America at all but rather figuring out to how to advance our cause.
I am talking tactics... We may have another war coming in Iran or North Korea and we need to handle it differently.
To: Mo1
The covers are sadly and unfortunately real.
95
posted on
05/22/2005 6:38:37 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Don't hate me because I'm a player)
To: chemicalman
Newsweek = Newsweak - NewsREEK
96
posted on
05/22/2005 6:38:39 PM PDT
by
auzerais
To: paul_fromatlanta; onyx
Paul.... you've been exposed as a troll....go away.
To: paul_fromatlanta
Go back to DU where you come from. You've already been outted as a thread disruptor.
98
posted on
05/22/2005 6:40:50 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Don't hate me because I'm a player)
To: TennCon; All
Thank you for the list.
Folks, this is series!! IMHO, this is much worse than Rathergate. I'm sure that Newsweak isn't the only publication doing this kind of thing, but since it's the one in the spotlight, we really should get on their case.
P.S: Notice when a really important topic comes up in FR, so does a troll. It's to cause dissent and divert attention.
To: auzerais
100
posted on
05/22/2005 6:42:15 PM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-80, 81-100, 101-120 ... 301-303 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson