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In reply to the discussion: Most Americans Don't Want Biden or Trump to Run Again: Poll [View all]jmbar2
(4,863 posts)26. Newsweek is a "pink slime" rightwing propaganda mouthpiece
Polls like this are designed to generate negative "News". I don't think this should even be up on DU.
Newsweek crossed over to the dark side around 2018, and has become a mouthpiece for the loony right.
Writing in The Columbia Journalism Review last year, Daniel Tovrov depicted Newsweek, once one of Americas most distinguished magazines, as a shell of its former self. All that was left was clickbait, op-eds from the likes of Nigel Farage and Newt Gingrich, and a general sense of drift. Nobody I spoke to for this article had a sense of why Newsweek exists, Tovrov wrote.
Last week, Newsweek suggested one possible purpose: The legitimization of narratives straight out of the right-wing fever swamps. An op-ed written by John Eastman, a conservative lawyer and founding director of the Claremont Institutes Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, coyly suggested that Kamala Harris, who was born in California, may not be eligible to serve as vice president because her parents were immigrants. It was, as many pointed out, a racist attack with no constitutional merit, on par with the birther conspiracy theory that claimed Barack Obama was born in Kenya. Within a few hours, Eastmans op-ed was being brandished by President Trump, who told reporters he had heard Harris may not be eligible to serve.
--Alex Shephard/August 18, 2020
https://newrepublic.com/article/158968/newsweek-rise-zombie-magazine
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I've said before, Joe will do what he judges to be best for the country. complete faith in that
Walleye
Jun 2022
#1
Nonesense. When we lose against republicans it has been because of the damn electoral college.
JohnSJ
Jun 2022
#21
I can't think of a single R[acist] president since Dwight Eisenhower (maybe)
Seeking Serenity
Jun 2022
#77
Newsweek has dwindled from a major national news weekly to a small rightwing mouthpiece.
DFW
Jun 2022
#19
What used to be a reputable news magazine has turned into a rightwing rag. They have pushed
JohnSJ
Jun 2022
#24
Don't they realize that Biden simply inherited the mess that Trump and the elected Republicans
cstanleytech
Jun 2022
#27
The fact that EVERYONE doesn't want trump to run again shows America is Eff'd
SouthernDem4ever
Jun 2022
#32
There is no way I want Trump to run again. This won't be popular here "age". Let's face it
doc03
Jun 2022
#38
That's how polls work - they are statistical samples of a population with a calculated margin of
Midwestern Democrat
Jun 2022
#67
When the primaries happen, I'll vote to the left of Biden, as I always have done
Withywindle
Jul 2022
#91