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relayerbob

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27. They've been right wingers for many years

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2024, 11:37 AM

Aug 2024

At least 10. They also go for the sensational rather than the news. Once upon a time, they were good, but they’ve been living falsely under that banner for way too long. Sorta like CNN is trying to become

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Be on the alert about Newsweek [View all] gab13by13 Aug 2024 OP

Newsweek hasn't been legit for years n/t servermsh Aug 2024 #1

I've noticed their hard right turn griffi94 Aug 2024 #2

Same here gab13by13 Aug 2024 #3

It was kind of funny. There was some shakeup in their ownership, and they tried Scrivener7 Aug 2024 #4

That seems on point. griffi94 Aug 2024 #6

They have ties to Olivet College, and this Korean Charismatic Christian guy named David Jang. PatrickforB Aug 2024 #12

I totally agree that this is brilliant of her, and I kind of hope if she does ever do a Scrivener7 Aug 2024 #15

That's the billionaire's new thing, starting religious cults because profit profits, profits, and control Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #18

And the long-standing ones are really gearing up. Scrivener7 Aug 2024 #21

Even Pelosi is doing Stephanie Miller's show today. Bev54 Aug 2024 #36

Bypass the creeps, Kamala ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #22

The Information Age - Cyberspace and social media - are having an effect on wnylib Aug 2024 #32

Your post reminded me of this UpInArms Aug 2024 #33

Every rag is trying out-pecker David Pecker's tabloids. erronis Aug 2024 #20

Newsweek Still Published? NonPC Aug 2024 #26

I just asked last week when did Newsweek drink the kool-aid. dem4decades Aug 2024 #5

It's the shit poster of the media Aviation Pro Aug 2024 #7

Their subscriber base is dying off ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 2024 #23

I think that they have always been. My dad was a Nixon Republican and his magazine that he got every week was Newsweek LiberalArkie Aug 2024 #8

Now that you mention it, Mme. Defarge Aug 2024 #10

I read Time and my dad was Newsweek. LiberalArkie Aug 2024 #11

"Newsweek Embraces the Anti-Democracy Hard Right" sl8 Aug 2024 #9

They are basically owned by a RW cult now -- literally obamanut2012 Aug 2024 #13

Yes. Checkout PatrickforB's post above (linked in this post.) It has the whole story. Scrivener7 Aug 2024 #17

Newsweek has devolved to Total Crap BoRaGard Aug 2024 #14

I stopped reading/purchasing Newsweek when Dan Aug 2024 #16

I was a subscriber to Newsweak (sic) until OMGWTF Aug 2024 #19

It's Zombie Newsweek. Newsweek in Name Only. Tommy Carcetti Aug 2024 #24

It became a right-wing propaganda rag a WHILE ago. Happy Hoosier Aug 2024 #25

They've been right wingers for many years relayerbob Aug 2024 #27

I noticed. Also WaPo and NYT. Screw 'em all. apcalc Aug 2024 #28

Snoozeweek can join the NYT in the gas station toilet of journalism Blue Owl Aug 2024 #29

Thanks for sending out bdamomma Aug 2024 #30

It needs to be included in right wing sources Demsrule86 Aug 2024 #31

Some Newsweek's articles are not trump friendly-- "Queen Elizabeth Said Donald Trump Was 'Very Rude'" 8/20. Silent Type Aug 2024 #34

I'm always skeptical about threads with all-out condemnation of legit media, but in this case ... ificandream Aug 2024 #35

Newsweek's Monica Lewinsky/Clinton coverage oasis Aug 2024 #37