Thanks for the e-mail address. I sent the following a moment ago:
Savannah TN 12-21
Dear Ms. Getz:
The farther Newsweek descends in readership,
advertising and editorial quality, the weirder the
writers are that show up in its fading offices.
I don't want to hurt your feelings but the piece
comparing Botha's South Africa with Bush's America
came off like something written after a night spent
drinking hard liquor and sucking on a crack pipe.
I generally don't agree with anything in Newsweek.
Jonathan Alter has turned into an hysterical old
woman. Or, more rightly, a male Helen Thomas. Yet it
saddens me to see this once great institution on its
last legs. But you are proving it doesn't have to go
out in a whimper. It can go out with a shrieking,
twisted, delusional scream.
Brad (last name)
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I sent the following to Newsweek on their site;
Just a note to tell you that, after readng the article drawing the comparison between NSA call monitoring and Apartheid South Africa, authored by Arlene Getz, I have solemnly committed myself to never, ever buying or reading your 'News' offerings again. And, contrary to your assumption that I am some Neanderthal Neocon, I am not. I AM a discerning reader and this story was just so much tripe. For shame.
I know it won't make a difference but I feel better for having done it.
When Newsweek finally dies do you think they will call it "Transition"?