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Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 9:41:19 am PST

Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas is going to be covering the 2008 campaign for Newsweek, which strikes me as perfectly appropriate: Newsweek Welcomes Kos as Political Contributor.

At Daily Kos, Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding” over this, but last time I checked, my head was still very much intact.

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1 Le_Patriot  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:41:50am

Kos. cough-cough : (

2 Gordon Marock  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:42:08am

Oh, great. Shoddy journalism, with added expletives. What a combo.

3 Le_Patriot  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:43:04am

Newsweak

4 marwan's daughter  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:43:14am

He may be more coherent than other diarists at the Daily Krap, but not by that much. Newsweek is a decent mag, and this will only drag them down.

5 sandspur  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:43:29am

What? You expected any better from Newsweak?
/snort

6 n00ser  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:43:40am

Did you just call yourself a wingnut? lol

I'm very interested to see who Newsweek picks as Kos' counterpart, if they do at all.

7 mollyshark  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:43:45am

Man, he's weird.

8 commander_vimes  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:43:50am

Not that his addition will bring any editorial diversity to that rag...

9 danshelb  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:44:32am

Charles - maybe you can get a commentary gig for Time or better yet, AFP ;-)

10 Le_Patriot  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:44:36am

Does Soros control Newsweek too?

11 Northpaw  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:44:50am

re: #6 n00ser

Did you just call yourself a wingnut? lol

I'm very interested to see who Newsweek picks as Kos' counterpart, if they do at all.

They'll get somebody from the opposite side of the ailse, like Richard Armitage.

12 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:44:51am
13 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:45:37am

Newsweek is a pathetic rag, so their association with a sniveling weasel like Kos is a no-brainer. Why would Charles want to hire on with the MSM? It's almost as bad as hooking up with VB and SD.

14 Leonidas Hoplite  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:45:38am

This is excellent news. It will only hasten the eventual, inevitable demise of Newsweek, Time, and all the other "unbiased" weekly news rags.

15 doriangrey  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:46:56am

Newsweek has been a far left leaning liberal rag for as long as I can remember, so this really comes as no surprise. Sad that they still think of themselves as an unbiased news source.

16 Wendya  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:46:56am

re: #4 marwan's daughter

Newsweek is a decent mag, and this will only drag them down.


Compared to what?

I stopped reading Newsweek years ago when their bias became so obvious they didn't even try to pretend to hide it.

17 mattm  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:47:11am

Where are wingnut heads exploding? Show me a blog where this is occuring? Nevermind...

Newsweek CAN have good articles, sometime, but not often enough to make me want to pay for it.

18 chinesearithmetic  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:47:39am

I think my last issue of Newsweek had John Belushi on the cover.

19 Defector01  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:47:49am

Just hire him to do 'hard hitting commentary' and turn the cartoon area over to Ted Rall and get it over with.

Maybe then they'll die quick and painlessly as opposed to slow and painful

20 Dead Sea Squirrel  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:47:59am

Also announced: Newsweek will now be re-named Newsfuckinweek.

21 Sponge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:48:03am
At Daily Kos, Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding” over this, but last time I checked, my head was still very much intact.


Last time I checked, I didn't give a shit.

22 marwan's daughter  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:48:03am

re: #16 Wendya

re: #4 marwan's daughter

Newsweek is a decent mag, and this will only drag them down.


Compared to what?

I stopped reading Newsweek years ago when their bias became so obvious they didn't even try to pretend to hide it.

Well compared to, say, The Nation. I do think Time can beat the pants off of Newsweek though.

23 Killgore Trout  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:48:42am

That's an awesome photoshop!

24 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:48:44am

re: #6 n00ser

Did you just call yourself a wingnut? lol

I'm very interested to see who Newsweek picks as Kos' counterpart, if they do at all.

How about Michael Savage? LMAO!

25 Defector01  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:50:01am

re: #24 Ward Cleaver


How about Michael Savage? LMAO!

Just put a wrestling ring at the convention and let them fight to the death

26 Sponge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:50:26am

re: #23 Killgore Trout

Kilgore, congrats on your mention in the Charles interview posted yesterday...

27 Poitiers-Lepanto  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:50:37am

commies hiring commies ?
what a surprise !

nothing will change...

28 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:50:46am
29 R.A.D. Dad  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:51:27am

I see no reason why any "wingnut" would explode over this. It would be like saying astronomers heads "Explode" at discovery that the sun is bright. Yeah, so another liberal is on staff at Newsweek, and it rained in the Amazon today. So what?

30 newsjunkie_ky  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:51:32am

I needed a good laugh today, thanks newsweak.

31 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:51:54am

re: #25 Defector01

re: #24 Ward Cleaver


How about Michael Savage? LMAO!

Just put a wrestling ring at the convention and let them fight to the death

Savage cracks him over the head with an expensive bottle of wine, and it's over.

/not.advocating.violence

/satire

32 cosmo  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:52:12am

Kos covers campaign
Affirmative action hire
Fills need for moonbat

33 Killgore Trout  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:53:11am

re: #26 Sponge

Thanks. I'm happy enough that anyone even reads my posts. To be quoted is an honor.

34 the jinxmedic  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:53:12am

re: #20 Dead Sea Squirrel

Also announced: Newsweek will now be re-named Newsfuckinweek.

Ha! Ha!

Could you imagine the kossack krew on Newsweek's editorial staff?

"Not enough expletives in that copy, Bob. And where's my multiple exclamation points? Besides, I thought we were doing this issue in ALL CAPS WITH LOTS OF RANDOM BOLDFACE AND MISPaLLINGS!"

Signed,

The Jinxmedic.

35 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:53:24am

re: #32 cosmo

Kos covers campaign
Affirmative action hire
Fills need for moonbat

Brilliant!

36 v the k  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:53:25am

My head exploded. Actually, it did that other thing. Emitted a mild chuckle is the term.

Is there even a pretense of objectivity in the MSM any more?

37 CIA Reject  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:53:26am

re: #16 Wendya

I gave up on Newsweek when the language it was written in became so thick with "PC-speak" that I realized it no longer bore any resemblance to English and I literally could not understand what the f*ck they were talking about.

/That was 25 years ago...

38 Yashmak  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:53:27am

Newsweek will lose more readers than it gains from this. But whatever, their call.

39 Pawn of the Oppressor  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:53:55am

I've only ever read Newsweek in the doctor's and dentist's offices anyway.

40 Capt. Queeg  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:54:33am

Newsweek? I don't even read that shit waiting at the dentists office. A brochure on gingivitis provides better insight.

41 roguejew  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:54:42am

The Daily KKKos and the Liberal Democratic Propaganda Machine, aka the MSM are a perfect pair. A match made in Dante's Circle of hell. I'm quite sure it will be un biased and truthfull...(GAG ALERT)

42 cosmo  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:55:00am

re: #35 Ward Cleaver

I call it "Haikos." I've found my calling.

43 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:55:02am

re: #36 v the k

My head exploded. Actually, it did that other thing. Emitted a mild chuckle is the term.

Is there even a pretense of objectivity in the MSM any more?

Nope.

Hey Victor!

44 SlartyBartfast  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:55:07am

Yep, Time and Newsweek--two birdcage liners of equal worth.

45 shibumi  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:55:20am

Just another example of the MSM trying to pander to the radical left.

It will be interesting to see how their circulation reacts- and how willing they are to potentially lose revenue.

46 Sponge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:55:25am

Why would the right's head explode when a left leaning print mag invites a leftist, hate mongering filth spew to it's convention? It's EXPECTED you jackass...markkos, you give yourself WAY too much credit...

47 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:55:32am

Newsweek is also in bed with MessNBC, correct? Can't wait for the Olberdunce-Kos convergence.

I've been too busy snickering for my head to explode.

BTW, anyone have an idea who the "conservative" is they'll be adding?

48 Dad O' Blondes  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:55:40am

And the diminishment in reporting integrity, news value, balance and accuracy of the mainstream media ... CONTINUES...

As the enterprise values of these formerly powerful news franchise brands plummets to unimagined lows.

And they wonder why?

.

49 bp sf  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:55:49am

zombie has a great pic of the Kos-Sucker on the Folsom Street Fair page.

He looks so cute in those patent leather thigh high boots.

His lil' sperm bank of a rump is adorable!

50 MandyManners  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:56:23am

My head's not exploding while I'm laughing my ass off.

51 mean Gene  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:56:24am

I guess Markos is having no problem overseeing all of the posts on his web site...like he promised to do.
Therefore he has all this free time to cover politics for Newsweak.

52 experiencedtraveller  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:56:36am

re: #12 buzzsawmonkey

At Daily Kos, Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding” over this, but last time I checked, my head was still very much intact.

Maybe that just proves, by the Moulitsas Litmus Test (patent pending), that you are not a "wingnut."

Monkey don't bring formal logic into any discussion regarding Kos...

53 bulwrk  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:57:14am

At Daily Kos, Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding”


It's more like a gut buster.

54 saberry0530  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:57:25am

NONewsThisweek is going to go away very soon unless they adapt to the cycle that todays news happens. They haven't been an important news organization or source for well over ten years.

55 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:57:55am

re: #45 shibumi

Just another example of the MSM trying to pander to the radical left.

It will be interesting to see how their circulation reacts- and how willing they are to potentially lose revenue.

They should just put dKos's URL in huge letters on the cover. That'll help.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

56 Darwin Akbar  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:57:55am

Evan Thomas of Newsweek was obviously upset that his magazine and other MSM Democrat-cheerleaders were not able to drag Kerry over the finish line in 2004. They are making sure that this doesn't happen again.

No doubt that they will hire someone like Pat Buchannan (who hates Bush, the neo-cons and probably all of the other GOP candidates) to show their dedication to "balance."

...and I have long ago taken the money we used to spend on subscriptions to rags like this and the local paper to send to LGF and National Review On-line.

57 Sponge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:59:42am

Newsweek was alarmist before being one was cool...

58 newsjunkie_ky  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:00:04am

Hey Newsweak, remember Ned Lamont?

59 big L  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:00:17am

20 dead sea squirrel -that is right. F-bomb Kos

60 BrianA  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:00:21am

Newsweek is owned by the Washington Post Company. Nuff said.

61 RobCon  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:01:08am

The MSM keeps on inflating this guy like a blow up doll.

62 lawhawk  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:01:10am

They're going to pay for his opinion?

Why? Is Newsweek that solvent that it can afford to throw money Kos's way? I don't blame Kos for accepting the gig (it's a high profile paying writing assignment), but I do have questions for why Newsweek thinks that adding him to their roster improves the magazine.

1) "Screw them." Does that ring a bell? Guess not. Or if it does, they have no problem with it. Newsweek, your bias is showing.
2) Political pontificating from someone who is Ofer in having his preferred candidates win elections isn't a smart move unless you're calling on your readers to do precisely the opposite of what Kos say? He's gotten the politics wrong and has backed the wrong horse so often that he's bound to get it right eventually. No one can be that awful in predicting winners and backing them. Kos is trying to disprove that notion.
3) Is Newsweek that in need of yet another leftist that they had to extend it to Kos? Again, their bias is showing.

Altogether, it shows just how silly Newsweek is and how unserious they are about political coverage.

63 grondy  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:01:15am
"We have always sought to represent a diversity of views in Newsweek, and we think Markos will be a great part of that tradition," said Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham. "He will give our readers in print and online a unique perspective. As always, our job is to create the most energetic and illuminating magazine possible, and Markos will help us do that as the campaign unfolds."


So Newsweek wants to have good nutroots coverage without having a staffer dirty their hands?

64 NoSubmission  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:01:20am

Newsweek?

People still read week-old news?

65 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:01:22am

Just before this "news" was broken by Kos yesterday, I could swear I noticed an item on that spy Prouty in the Kos Kid headlines, but the name didn't register until I saw the item on Prouty here.

I went back later to check and there was no sign of it anywhere, and I searched DK and found nothing.

Knowing the children, perhaps it probably was something siding with the spy, and maybe it would have caused embarrassment to Newsweek's latest hire and thus disappeared down the memory hole.

I could be wrong and mistakenly was looking at another blog in the Ajax links.

66 shug  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:02:47am

karnak Holds envelope up to head

"DAILY KOS"
"NEWSWEEK"

Ed mcmahon..."Daily Kos...Newsweek"

karnak gives ed a dirty look

Karnak tears envelope edge. Blows into hole. opens envelope. reads contents of envelope

"WHAT ARE TWO THINGS NOBODY READS"

67 EC Marm  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:02:55am

My head is not exploding. If Newsweak readers give any value to what he has to say I'd be surprised. Maybe kos can hire Ron Paul's old ghostwriter to liven things up a bit.

68 comment #17.1  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:03:08am

Unintentionally funny quote of the day:

"We have always sought to represent a diversity of views in Newsweek, and we think Markos will be a great part of that tradition," said Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham.

They just don't get it.

RIP, MSM.

69 big L  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:03:16am

It is the Washington Post co that owns Newsqueak, isn't it?

70 lawhawk  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:03:37am

re: #65 JammieWearingFool

Speaking of Prouty, did you notice the wrist slapping she got? Nice.

71 cosmo  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:03:39am

re: #64 NoSubmission

Newsweek?

People still read week-old news?

Now that is a succinct appraisal of the condition in which the contemporary (accent on the temporary) MSM finds itself. Bravisimo.

72 newsjunkie_ky  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:04:28am

re: #66 shug

karnak Holds envelope up to head

"DAILY KOS"
"NEWSWEEK"

Ed mcmahon..."Daily Kos...Newsweek"

karnak gives ed a dirty look

Karnak tears envelope edge. Blows into hole. opens envelope. reads contents of envelope

"WHAT ARE TWO THINGS NOBODY READS"


Shug Rules!

73 big L  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:04:36am

It is the money. The lefties are finding a way to support him

74 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:05:46am
75 mean Gene  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:06:04am

re: #73 big L

It is the money. The lefties are finding a way to support him

Yup.
Picture Markos, had he lived before the internet...sort of a Maynard G. Krebbs charater.
"Work?!?!"

76 Owl  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:08:01am

Anyone said it yet?
ok, ok...let me do the honors!

ROVE YOU MAGNIFICANT BASTARD!

bwahahahahaaa...

can't wait to see how his first article plays out. Any guesses to the title?

" Army kills babies" or maybe " Bush makes mistake, forked tail shows", or perhaps..." blogs like Daily Kos are the real voice of America".

bwahahahahah. idiots.

77 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:08:22am

re: #61 RobCon

The MSM keeps on inflating this guy like a blow up doll.

And you don't want to know where the valve is.

78 tommygum  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:08:35am

re: #47 JammieWearingFool

Newsweek is also in bed with MessNBC, correct? Can't wait for the Olberdunce-Kos convergence.

I've been too busy snickering for my head to explode.

BTW, anyone have an idea who the "conservative" is they'll be adding?

Alan Colmes

79 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:09:11am

Don't forget the Washington Post has already been a forum for the "mainstream" Kos.

He also opined on the dragon lady there.

Hillary Clinton has a few problems if she wants to secure the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. She is a leader who fails to lead. She does not appear "electable." But most of all, Hillary has a Bill Clinton problem. (And no, it's not about that. )

Moving into 2008, Republicans will be fighting to shake off the legacy of the Bush years: the jobless recovery, the foreign misadventures, the nightmarish fiscal mismanagement, the Katrina mess, unimaginable corruption and an imperial presidency with little regard for the Constitution or the rule of law. Every Democratic contender will be offering change, but activists will be demanding the sort of change that can come only from outside the Beltway.

Hillary Clinton leads her Democratic rivals in the polls and in fundraising. Unfortunately, however, the New York senator is part of a failed Democratic Party establishment -- led by her husband -- that enabled the George W. Bush presidency and the Republican majorities, and all the havoc they have wreaked at home and abroad.

Expect a fawning column completely contradicting this one.

80 Son Of The Godfather  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:09:14am

I hear their first story will involve a soldier who claims they make fun of disfigured women, target dogs while driving armored transport vehicles, and wear the skulls of children under their helmets.

81 V the K  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:09:49am

re: #75 mean Gene

re: #73 big L
Picture Markos, had he lived before the internet...sort of a Maynard G. Krebbs charater.
"Work?!?!"

Weird coincidence. My son's high school is putting on Dobie Gillis as their fall play this weekend.

82 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:10:08am

re: #70 lawhawk

re: #65 JammieWearingFool

Speaking of Prouty, did you notice the wrist slapping she got? Nice.

Yes, I did. Good behavior and maybe she'll be done in eight months, just in time to cast her absentee ballot for the Democrats.

83 shug  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:10:19am

re: #77 Ward Cleaver

re: #61 RobCon


The MSM keeps on inflating this guy like a blow up doll.

And you don't want to know where the valve is.

Posts like this are the reason I don't eat or drink while reading.

I prefer a spew free experience

84 tommygum  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:10:32am

re: #49 bp sf

zombie has a great pic of the Kos-Sucker on the Folsom Street Fair page.

He looks so cute in those patent leather thigh high boots.

His lil' sperm bank of a rump is adorable!

"Little sperm bank of a rump" I gotta write that one down. I'll be wearing it out. LOL.

85 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:10:47am

re: #68 comment #17.1

Unintentionally funny quote of the day:


"We have always sought to represent a diversity of views in Newsweek, and we think Markos will be a great part of that tradition," said Newsweek Editor Jon Meacham.

They just don't get it.

RIP, MSM.

The editors will have to replace their keyboards, after the asterisk keys wear out in a week (f***, f***, f***, etc.).

86 Owl  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:10:57am

re: #71 cosmo


I hear Rush and Hannity talking about stuff and calling it "breaking"...but the Lizard Nation( thanks to alot of hard work by Charles and other Lizard Minions) get teh scoop sometimes days before it hits the major players...my dear Mother is always amazed at how I've already heard about xyz story. :) ( I just can't get her off of 60 minutes and the nightly MSM news - she's just not a computer person - but I can't blame her - she's 71 after all. )

87 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:11:17am

re: #78 tommygum

re: #47 JammieWearingFool


Newsweek is also in bed with MessNBC, correct? Can't wait for the Olberdunce-Kos convergence.

I've been too busy snickering for my head to explode.

BTW, anyone have an idea who the "conservative" is they'll be adding?


Alan Colmes

Skeletor & Kos. I like it!

88 Dirk Diggler  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:11:59am

Just what Newsweek needs. A columnist who types expletives in ALL CAPS.

89 Le_Patriot  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:12:05am

Newsweek loses 1/2 million subscribers?

HAHAHAHA
Kos coverage should bring it down even more!

90 RickZ  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:12:49am

re: #19 Defector01

Just hire him to do 'hard hitting commentary' and turn the cartoon area over to Ted Rall and get it over with.

Maybe then they'll die quick and painlessly as opposed to slow and painful

Also, the quicker their collective death is, the less nauseating for us it will be.

91 bulwrk  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:12:52am

the stalls in the mens room at the minneoapolis airport has a larger readership than newsweek.

92 dr.mister  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:13:04am

Perhaps it's a shrewd business move and they're simply trying to appeal to their homosexual demographic.

93 lawhawk  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:13:04am

Since this is a media thread, ponder the following:

If CBSNews writers go on strike, will anyone notice?

Here in New York, it would affect WCBS 880 AM and WCBS FM, the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" and "The Early Show" - along with all Ch. 2 newscasts.

Radio station 1010 WINS is also owned by CBS - but wouldn't be affected, since its writers work under a different contract.

"Hopefully, this will make CBS a little more willing to negotiate, since a strike is an option for us," Goldman said.

"CBS News is prepared for the possibility of a writers' strike," a CBS spokeswoman said yesterday.

"We will continue to produce quality news programs for our viewers."

*cough*

94 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:13:20am

re: #89 Le_Patriot

Newsweek loses 1/2 million subscribers?

HAHAHAHA
Kos coverage should bring it down even more!

Any more, and they'll be printing it at FedEx-Kinko's.

95 Owl  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:13:27am

re: #87 Ward Cleaver

re: #78 tommygum


re: #47 JammieWearingFool

Newsweek is also in bed with MessNBC, correct? Can't wait for the Olberdunce-Kos convergence.
I've been too busy snickering for my head to explode.

BTW, anyone have an idea who the "conservative" is they'll be adding?


Alan Colmes

Skeletor & Kos. I like it!

I just had a vision of Kos standing over Skelty yelling " I HAVE THE POWER! ", while Skelty looks at his crotch. Can I say that here? Crotch?


/ heheheheh...he said "crotch"...hehehehe...calm down Beavis!

heh

96 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:13:45am

Funny how things they consider a great triumph, I dont really give two shits about in the first place. Havent read Newsweek in years, dont plan on getting it in the future

97 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:14:44am

re: #86 Owl

re: #71 cosmo


I hear Rush and Hannity talking about stuff and calling it "breaking"...but the Lizard Nation( thanks to alot of hard work by Charles and other Lizard Minions) get teh scoop sometimes days before it hits the major players...my dear Mother is always amazed at how I've already heard about xyz story. :) ( I just can't get her off of 60 minutes and the nightly MSM news - she's just not a computer person - but I can't blame her - she's 71 after all. )

We here in the rightwingnoisemachine don't need no stinking layers of editors and finely crafted nuance like the dinosaur media.

98 Le_Patriot  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:14:45am

The Washington Post Compost Co. (NYSE: WPO), which owns Newsweek, reported a 1.1 percent drop in third-quarter profit earlier this week, led by declines at its print divisions, including the Washington Post newspaper and Newsweek.

Bwahahaha

99 SlartyBartfast  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:15:38am

re: #60 BrianA

Newsweek is owned by the Washington Post Company. Nuff said.

Yeah, and I guess Wall Street has heard about the new Kolumnist.

/maybe kos meant 'stock-traders heads would be exploding'

100 pegcity  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:16:32am

Do people still buy weekold new york times posing as "News Magazines".

101 Owl  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:16:36am

re: #96 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)


last time I saw one was at a place where I was getting a hair cut. I've cut my own hair for about 3 years now. It was full of BDS, and I put it down after a half a page. I believe it was an issue from 6 months prior and it looked like no one had touched it...but the Popular Mechanics mag was almost torn to shreds...as was the car magazine.

hello? newsweak? hello? meh.

102 commander_vimes  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:17:10am

re: #93 lawhawk

If CBSNews writers go on strike, will anyone notice?

Yeah, but maybe we'd be better off if the news-makers went on strike.

103 nolocon  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:17:55am

Actually . . . a potentially very shrewd business move by Newsweek.

Newsweek needs subscribers . . . and while Kos likely won't drive away any existing subscribers, it will likely boost subscriptions . . . no doubt Kos will encourage his lemmings to follow.

104 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:18:39am

re: #93 lawhawk

Since this is a media thread, ponder the following:

If CBSNews writers go on strike, will anyone notice?

Here in New York, it would affect WCBS 880 AM and WCBS FM, the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" and "The Early Show" - along with all Ch. 2 newscasts.
Radio station 1010 WINS is also owned by CBS - but wouldn't be affected, since its writers work under a different contract.

"Hopefully, this will make CBS a little more willing to negotiate, since a strike is an option for us," Goldman said.

"CBS News is prepared for the possibility of a writers' strike," a CBS spokeswoman said yesterday.

"We will continue to produce quality news programs for our viewers."


*cough*

If the corporate titans just put in a call, I could write all the above "news" shows for them during my lunch hour.

Once they discover the spike in ratings, I'll gladly negotiate a fulltime contract.

/

105 TMF  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:19:14am

Newsweek has been hemmoraghing readers for years

Guess they figure, now that their pathetic partisan hackery is out of the closet, might as well go the whole nine, cash in on what their marketers and PR team have no doubt described as the "phenomena of KOS" and his 10 billion hits a second

106 JammieWearingFool  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:20:24am

re: #99 SlartyBartfast

re: #60 BrianA


Newsweek is owned by the Washington Post Company. Nuff said.

Yeah, and I guess Wall Street has heard about the new Kolumnist.

/maybe kos meant 'stock-traders heads would be exploding'

Ha!

Newsweek Hires Kos, Stock Value Plummets

107 Piglet-U93  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:22:13am

re: #89 Le_Patriot

Newsweek loses 1/2 million subscribers?

HAHAHAHA
Kos coverage should bring it down even more!

Yes, the next chapter number to be developed will be 11.

108 Bill in AZ  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:22:32am

Newsweak hiring KOS to write liberal nonsense for them is like NYT hiring MoDo to write liberal nonsense for NYT - oh, wait, NYT already has MoDo and dozens of other barking moonbats writing liberal nonsense for them. Where is the head exploding factor? Just normal MSM happenings.

109 lawhawk  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:22:48am

re: #104 JammieWearingFool

You and me both! (I think we've got minor gigs writing for Malkin these days btw, especially on the Spitzer steamrolling).

110 Globular Cluster  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:22:56am
At Daily Kos, Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding” over this, but last time I checked, my head was still very much intact.

And in any event, you aren't a wingnut.

111 phil flavin  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:23:14am

I will go out on a limb and predict Kos's first contribution to Newsweak will go something like this.

Screw them. BushMchallibuton/CheneyBlackwater all suck. Progessive Progressive. Grass roots! surrender to our new overlords.

112 loppyd  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:24:25am

Will Kos write fake stories about Korans being flushed?

113 MSMediaCritic  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:25:44am

Just checked, head still intact. I'll check later, too, just to be sure.

114 toomanysnax  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:27:00am

Her in Phoenix MessNBC is channel 65. Because of this discussion, I remembered that by pushing "menu," "channel select," "skip," I could eliminate MessNBC from the channel-flip mode. Thanks all. By the way, Paul Krugman was on CNBC yesterday as a "guest commentator." It was painful to watch him try to hatch a thought during their discussion.

115 Merovign  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:27:51am

I see this as a kind of positive.

The continued admission by leftist news sources that they provide more partisan commentary than news will accelerate the death of the myth of press objectivity.

The sooner it dies, the sooner it can be replaced by people who actually give a damn what the facts are.

Not that such a result is guaranteed, but some chance is better than none.

116 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:28:43am

In other periodical news, People Magazine just named their Sexiest Man Alive - Matt Damon. Once again, I failed to make the cut. What's it gonna take?!?

117 loppyd  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:28:45am

OT, but too good not to post:

Making connections:
Activist sets up telephone talks between US, Iranian citizens

A Somerville peace activist with a knack for political theater set up a display yesterday with a simple proposition: Let anyone who passed by pick up the phone and talk to Iranian citizens, giving regular citizens in both countries a chance to do what the activist said the country's leaders have failed to do: talk to each other.

But the comity dissipated when Walsh switched topics: "What's Iran's problem with Israel?"

As Walsh became agitated, Jehlen encouraged him to pass the phone to the next person.

Good thing he didn't ask about gays and lesbians.

118 Piglet-U93  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:29:08am

re: #103 nolocon

Actually . . . a potentially very shrewd business move by Newsweek.

Newsweek needs subscribers . . . and while Kos likely won't drive away any existing subscribers, it will likely boost subscriptions . . . no doubt Kos will encourage his lemmings to follow.

KOS members will not subscribe - reading hard copy is not part of their lifestyle of instant gratification.

119 Former Belgian  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:29:26am

This calls for my wishes to Newsweak in Arabic (and Hebrew slang):

A Daily Koos-Amak to all of you.

(Amak= "your mother"/"your mother's")
(Kus/Koos = coarse word for a certain part of the female anatomy)

120 JohnSteele  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:29:26am

"Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding” over this"

Exploding? Well, maybe n a paroxysm of laughter.

Its actually a match made in heaven, the ever increasingly irrelevant Markos teamed up with the ever increasingly irrelevant NewsWeak. What more could you ask for.

121 Ghost707  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:30:13am

Newsweak needs to hire more Kos kiddies so that their chapter 11 filing can happen sooner.

122 Globular Cluster  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:30:26am

Crappy magazine hires crappy pundit. Yawn.

123 Owl  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:30:42am

Kos: " So, President Thompson, what did you know and when did you know it?"
President Thompson: THWACK!

/ markos needs a nose job

124 Owl  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:31:47am
What more could you ask for.


RON PAUL 11!1!1!1!1

ok, that's really getting old, i know, i know. :) But you ASKED!

125 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:32:31am
126 loppyd  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:33:07am

Again, OT but it's Good News:

Visa denied for South African scholar


BOSTON -- The U.S. government has denied a visa for a South African scholar and political commentator, claiming he "engaged in a terrorist activity" -- an accusation he vehemently denies.

Adam Habib, a deputy vice chancellor at the University of Johannesburg, has been an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq and the detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston in September, the American Civil Liberties Union said U.S. authorities were letting his visa application languish because of his political views.


Officials gave no details of the alleged terrorist activity in an Oct. 26 letter sent to Habib. The ACLU filed an amended lawsuit Wednesday, asking the State Department to substantiate its claim about Habib.

"We are really demanding that the government come forward with a factual basis for what it's doing or otherwise, grant him a visa," said Melissa Goodman, a staff attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project.

127 beens21  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:33:19am

[Link: www.michaeltotten.com...] read this.

128 Spiritualized  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:34:27am

Who cares? Everybody he backs ends up losing.

I can't wait for the Hildog endorsement.

129 yitzy  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:34:36am

Remember...
You can't spell "Newsweek" without swekeNwe.

Yeah, I was confused when I read that too. Sigh.

130 Piglet-U93  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:35:33am

re: #125 buzzsawmonkey

You've got to admire Moulitsas' ability to fail upward.

Jumping one sinking ship to a larger one buys more time to ponder the inevitable fate of the rising horizon.

131 opnion  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:37:46am

The last presidential election, USA Today did a Right / Left thing.
Ann Coulter was the conservative. They dropped her for being extreme.
The Liberal was ... Ta Da!... Michael Moore!

132 oilbertan  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:37:59am

Sounds like a good marriage of two losers. Bottom line, who gives a s&*t!

133 shug  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:41:52am

re: #89 Le_Patriot

Newsweek loses 1/2 million subscribers?

HAHAHAHA
Kos coverage should bring it down even more!


my guess is that most subscribers are old people or doctor's offices who haven't the faintest idea what they are subscribing to.

134 JamesTKirk  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:42:50am

re: #13 Ward Cleaver

Why would Charles want to hire on with the MSM? It's almost as bad as hooking up with VB and SD.

Fixed that for you.

135 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:43:22am

re: #116 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

In other periodical news, People Magazine just named their Sexiest Man Alive - Matt Damon. Once again, I failed to make the cut. What's it gonna take?!?

Matt Damon?!? Puh-leeze.

136 toomanysnax  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:44:00am

Parakeets don't like the shiny paper. Besides, there's never enough of the magazine to line the bottom of the cage.

137 Ward Cleaver  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:44:00am

re: #134 JamesTKirk

re: #13 Ward Cleaver

Why would Charles want to hire on with the MSM? It's almost as bad as hooking up with VB and SD.

Fixed that for you.

I was just thinking they should merge, and become BS-VD.

138 MamaWolf  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:46:01am

Kos is just using wishful thinking. He wishes our heads would explode.

I just do not understand why he thinks he is worth that much... I pretty much thought he was the opposite.

139 JohnSteele  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:50:18am

re: #122 Globular Cluster

Crappy magazine hires crappy pundit. Yawn.

Women and minorities hardest hit ...

140 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:50:22am
141 Gmac  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:50:50am

And this is something new?
Like their biases and just a little more to the left with Marcos there? I haven't read or trusted a story that appeared between their covers in decades (1974) so adding him to the staff really doesn't change the equation here.

142 JohnSteele  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:52:58am

re: #126 loppyd


{SNIP}

a staff attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project.

Isn't that an oxymoron?

143 Bob in Breckenridge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:54:17am

re: #13 Ward Cleaver

Newsweek is a pathetic rag, so their association with a sniveling weasel like Kos is a no-brainer. Why would Charles want to hire on with the MSM? It's almost as bad as hooking up with VB and SD.

Or getting VD or an STD! : )

144 JamesTKirk  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:54:24am

re: #142 JohnSteele

re: #126 loppyd



{SNIP}
a staff attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project.



Isn't that an oxymoron?

No. "ACLU's National Security Project" is to "National Security" as the "American Cancer Society" is to "Cancer".

145 Muadib  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:54:41am

Newsweak and Kos. More proof that Stupid sticks to itself.

146 Carolina Girl  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:55:23am

I'm sure ol' "Screw them" will do for Newsweek what he did for Ned LaMont.

147 DaMishMan  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:55:24am

Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas...editorial...
Newsweek...articles...

Who's gonna tell the difference?

148 JohnSteele  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:55:32am

If a Markos blathers in NewsWeak and no one reads it does he still make a point?

149 JohnSteele  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:57:55am

re: #144 JamesTKirk

re: #142 JohnSteele


re: #126 loppyd

{SNIP}
a staff attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project.

Isn't that an oxymoron?

No. "ACLU's National Security Project" is to "National Security" as the "American Cancer Society" is to "Cancer".


Thanks for the clarification, I always have trouble with those oxymoron thingamajigs ... :-)

150 loppyd  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:03:52am

re: #142 JohnSteele

re: #126 loppyd



{SNIP}

a staff attorney with the ACLU's National Security Project.


Isn't that an oxymoron?

Very much so.

151 rp1138  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:04:19am

Actually, my head IS about to explode over this story; I had no idea that Newsweek was still in business.

152 debutaunt  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:07:28am

#151 rp1138 11/14/07 11:04:19 am reply quote report 0

Actually, my head IS about to explode over this story; I had no idea that Newsweek was still in business.


Your teeth might need a cleaning.
re: #151 rp1138

153 Bob in Breckenridge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:09:04am

re: #4 marwan's daughter

He may be more coherent than other diarists at the Daily Krap, but not by that much. Newsweek is a decent mag, and this will only drag them down.

Righttt...And the NYT's editorial page is "middle of the road".

/Channeling Dan Rather...

154 TS  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:09:37am

Doesn't Newsweek know about his kiss-of-death?

155 Last Mohican  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:12:55am

My head is very much intact. In fact I don't see this as much of a development at all, as Newsweek's bias approaches that of Kos's moonbat insanity anyway.

What's really news is the fact that Newsweek also plans to appoint a right-wing counterpart to Kos, who will also cover the election for them. What a novel idea, allowing for diversity of ideas at Newsweek!

I think there was once a time when the news media considered the pursuit of imparitality and reporting of the truth to be essential to journalistic integrity. Those days are long gone, but I guess we'll have to view the employment of blathering partisans from opposite sides of the political spectrum as a sign of progress.

156 American Soldier  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:14:36am
At Daily Kos, Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding” over this,...

That would presume that one read or even gave a shit about Newsweak.

/now that the parrot's dead, I have little or no use for hard copies

157 Bob in Breckenridge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:16:05am

re: #36 v the k

My head exploded. Actually, it did that other thing. Emitted a mild chuckle is the term.

Is there even a pretense of objectivity in the MSM any more?

Ummm, no. Next question?

158 Bob in Breckenridge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:19:43am

re: #44 SlartyBartfast

Yep, Time and Newsweek--two birdcage liners of equal worth.

Actually, no self-respecting bird would want to shit on either of those two rags.

159 markx  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:20:45am

re: #39 Pawn of the Oppressor

I've only ever read Newsweek in the doctor's and dentist's offices anyway.


I don't even read it there. I prefer Modern Dentistry Today.

160 JRHelgeson  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:21:03am

*** *** ***
If Clinton gets the nomination and loses, we will be told how the United States is sexist. If Obama gets the nomination and loses, we will be told how the United States is racist. As it looks now, the 2008 ticket for the Democratic party appears it will be a Clinton/Obama ticket. When they lose, it will only be because the United States has yet to 'grow up' and that we are all still a bunch of sexist and racist bigoted intolerant xenophobes. It will make the whining about the 2000 elections pale in comparison because this election cycle will contain the seven deadly sins that liberals use to shut down any debate: Sexist, Racist, Xenophobe, Islamophobe, Homophobe, Bigoted, and Intolerant.

There will be no debate about the 2008 loss, they will move to immediately shut down discussion. Even worse, if the Clinton/Obama ticket won. Any dissent from their policy will also be shot down using those same terms.
*** *** ***

-- Joel

161 Bob in Breckenridge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:21:27am

re: #47 JammieWearingFool

Newsweek is also in bed with MessNBC, correct? Can't wait for the Olberdunce-Kos convergence.

I've been too busy snickering for my head to explode.

BTW, anyone have an idea who the "conservative" is they'll be adding?

Arianna Huffington?

162 rappmandu  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:22:58am

All Hail the Kingmaker, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga Shrum the Progressive!

Everything he touches turns to LaMont.

163 Dad O' Blondes  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:31:06am

Forget Newsweek.

IBD is doing a great job with their media bias series. Here's a link to yesterday's front page story:

Dramatic Turn For Better In Iraq (Cue Sound Of Crickets Chirping)
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

When looking at media bias, it's important to realize it doesn't crop up in one area. A review of coverage in just the last few weeks shows how it infests a wide array of issues — from war and foreign affairs to economics and science.

[Link: ibdeditorials.com...]

.

164 Trent_Boyett  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:33:05am

Was Chomsky in the running?

165 Bob in Breckenridge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:37:44am

re: #118 Piglet-U93

re: #103 nolocon

Actually . . . a potentially very shrewd business move by Newsweek.

Newsweek needs subscribers . . . and while Kos likely won't drive away any existing subscribers, it will likely boost subscriptions . . . no doubt Kos will encourage his lemmings to follow.

KOS members will not subscribe - reading hard copy is not part of their lifestyle of instant gratification.

There ya go Piglet, fixed it for you...

166 coquimbojoe  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:40:24am

How is this surprising?

167 coquimbojoe  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:41:21am

re: #159 markx

re: #39 Pawn of the Oppressor

I've only ever read Newsweek in the doctor's and dentist's offices anyway.


I don't even read it there. I prefer Modern Dentistry Today.

Those models holding drills wearing nurses uniforms...mmm, me likey...

168 Spiny Norman  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:43:34am

The only way Markos the Moron would believe "wingnut heads are exploding" over this would be if he actually believes Newsweak is somehow "conservative".

Heh. He is truly clueless.

169 David Simon  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:43:37am

The only heads that are going to explode are the editors' when they have to make his columns sound literate.

170 debutaunt  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:44:39am

Ann Coulter did a great job of defusing that BS of having an absolute moral card. They can yell all they want.

re: #160 JRHelgeson

171 Spiny Norman  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:45:26am

I'm sure Senator Ned Lament sends his congratulations.

172 Bob in Breckenridge  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:48:34am

re: #116 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

In other periodical news, People Magazine just named their Sexiest Man Alive - Matt Damon. Once again, I failed to make the cut. What's it gonna take?!?

Impossible. Damon's a liberal, and we all know that no REAL man is a liberal...Maybe sexiest metrosexual?

173 LanceKates  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:50:59am

I'd have to put myself in the more conservative group, even here at LGF.

So, if anyone's head was going to explode over this KOS at Newsweek bit... it'd be me.

But no. I'm not suprised.

Newsweek hiring karl rove... that would suprise me. That they hired KOS suprises me as much as the UN being ineffective.

174 Fritz_Katz  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:56:38am

re: #126 loppyd

Again, OT but it's Good News:
Visa denied for South African scholar

BOSTON -- The U.S. government has denied a visa for a South African scholar and political commentator, claiming he "engaged in a terrorist activity" -- an accusation he vehemently denies.
Adam Habib, a deputy vice chancellor at the University of Johannesburg, ...

Is there any info about Adam Habib's terrorist connections? I spent a while looking -- but all I could find was leftist sites screaming bloody-murder and obfuscation.

175 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 12:07:04pm
176 Egfrow  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 12:20:09pm

A confirmed 'whack job' Socialist working for a major MSM outlet. That make perfect sense. What would make even better sense is if he was hired by Time to pick next years 100 most influential people by himself.

177 mad_scientist  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 12:26:43pm

Newsweek falls further into oblivion...they just dont get it...

178 calculatorjockey  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 12:27:53pm

Big deal. I dismissed both Time and Newsweek years ago as liberal ragsheets.

I get real news from the internet.

179 RememberSekhmet?  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 12:35:54pm

mah hed no asplode kthxbai


Seriously, as if anybody's surprised.

180 Catttt  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 1:14:08pm
Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding” over this

Markos is the definition of the annoying "it is all about me" attitude.

181 Lizard by the Bay  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 1:31:39pm

Newsweak (spelling intentional) has been birdcage liner for the better part of two decades now. They wear their bias on their sleeve like no other "news" weekly that I know of.

182 Friend of USA  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 2:10:08pm

There is no left bias in the main stream media,
that is why they ask left wing bloggers to work with them.

need I say this is sarcasm...

183 Hard Right  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 2:27:48pm

re: #28 buzzsawmonkey

Is there any confirmation of the rumor that Newsweek is also re-branding by changing its name to "Newspeak?"

Nope. Actually I heard that Pravda was seriously in the running.

184 Hard Right  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 2:34:16pm

re: #158 Bob in Breckenridge

re: #44 SlartyBartfast


Yep, Time and Newsweek--two birdcage liners of equal worth.

Actually, no self-respecting bird would want to shit on either of those two rags.

I would argue lining a birdcage with drivel that is far beneath their intelligence, would be animal cruelty. You would know if your bird read it however, as there would be puke all over it.

185 LC LaWedgie  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 2:38:48pm
"Markos crows that 'wingnut heads are exploding' over this,"

Markos is a liberal and cannot lie. News at eleven.

186 ajackson  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 2:44:32pm

From Washington Business Journal - 11/2/2007:

Newsweek magazine plans to cut its guaranteed paid circulation by 500,000 copies, according to industry magazine Advertising Age.

The 16 percent reduction would lower the number of paid subscribers Newsweek promises advertisers from 3.1 million to 2.6 million, Advertising Age reported, citing people with knowledge of the move.

I'm sure Markos can save them, just like he did with Ned Lamont.

187 Hard Right  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 2:51:23pm

re: #102 commander_vimes

re: #93 lawhawk


If CBSNews writers go on strike, will anyone notice?

Yeah, but maybe we'd be better off if the news-makers fabricators went on strike.

Clarified

188 Bill Jefferson  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 2:55:37pm

The current Newsweek cover says "1968: The year that made us who we are."

I took one look at it and said, "yeah, made you guys at Newsweek who you are."

189 sngnsgt  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 2:59:38pm

I would have thought that Kos was already a "Political Contributor" to Noosweak?

190 lejero  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 3:23:28pm

Uh, the only thing that is gonna assplode is my ass, 'cause that's all that Markos is worth. A load of Poo.

191 ArmyAunt  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 3:26:44pm
[Link: www.dailykos.com...]
It's kind of cute that the wingnutosphere thinks Newsweek would "balance" me out with one of theirs.

But no, the conservative they are going to announce at some point soon has actual accomplishments under his/her belt.

Said Mar(ITSALLABOUTMEEE!)Kos.

192 cookielady  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 3:35:39pm

Hmmm, let's see... I am either not a wingnut, or I have not sufficiently assimilated the important information regarding the idiotic extreme left blatherer joining lack-of-forces with the leftist-pontification-in-print-circulation-failing magazine that few humans purposefully read outside of enforced boredom while sitting in various medical office waiting rooms.

After careful consideration of both possibilities, I have concluded that the truth of the situation is as follows: while most likely a wingnut, I simply don't care about the aforementioned matter of no importance.

Okay, next!

193 Paul  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 3:36:56pm

So now Newsweek will feature shoddy, biased journalism and obscenity.

194 Shr_Nfr  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 4:12:59pm

This only reminds me about why I let my subscription lapse a long time ago. If an asshole farts in the woods and there is not body to smell it? Does it stink? Probably does and since it contains methane that is 20X as effective a global warming gas as CO2 it ruins the environment also. This will only give me an opportunity to let other people know why Newsweak (sic) is not worth the read.

195 average_guy  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 4:59:59pm

I will only have the chance to read Newsweek if I am in the doctor's office and there is nothing else to read and nothing better to do.

/I think Kos will be preaching to the choir on this gig.

196 Shay4l  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 6:25:04pm

Meh. The echo chamber just added another iteration. *yawn*

197 Shay4l  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 6:44:00pm

re: #160 JRHelgeson

*** *** ***
If Clinton gets the nomination and loses, we will be told how the United States is sexist. If Obama gets the nomination and loses, we will be told how the United States is racist. As it looks now, the 2008 ticket for the Democratic party appears it will be a Clinton/Obama ticket. When they lose, it will only be because the United States has yet to 'grow up' and that we are all still a bunch of sexist and racist bigoted intolerant xenophobes. It will make the whining about the 2000 elections pale in comparison because this election cycle will contain the seven deadly sins that liberals use to shut down any debate: Sexist, Racist, Xenophobe, Islamophobe, Homophobe, Bigoted, and Intolerant.

There will be no debate about the 2008 loss, they will move to immediately shut down discussion. Even worse, if the Clinton/Obama ticket won. Any dissent from their policy will also be shot down using those same terms.
*** *** ***

-- Joel


Man, you're scaring me.

198 Greensoccer  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 7:14:06pm

Absolutely horribe! So if they are going to give him a big salary, and they are looking for his counterpart on the right, are they going to offer Charles Johnson the posiition to represent the conservative blog?

199 swamprat  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 7:21:44pm

There is absolutely no aspect of having Mr.Molitsas as a political adviser/commentator that I do not enjoy! This is going to be great! What a win-win situation! This is like Hillary having a '73 pinto as her campaign car! I love it.

200 Syrah  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 8:11:12pm

Newsweek is a waiting room mag.

The only place I have seen Newsweek in the last several years is in libraries and in waiting rooms.

How much of their total circulation ends up in libraries and waiting rooms?

Does anyone actually really read it?

. . .

May Kos do for Newsweek everything he did for Ned Lemont.

201 Highrise  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 8:36:55pm
At Daily Kos, Markos crows that “wingnut heads are exploding” over this, but last time I checked, my head was still very much intact.

This doesn't surprise me that they'd find each other. What I am surprised about is that newsweek still wishes to keep going left and peg there.

202 Highrise  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 8:38:20pm

newsweek was the magazine pushed in my public schools current events civics class as a reliable source..hehe.

203 Highrise  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 8:40:31pm

re: #192 cookielady

Hmmm, let's see... I am either not a wingnut, or I have not sufficiently assimilated the important information regarding the idiotic extreme left blatherer joining lack-of-forces with the leftist-pontification-in-print-circulati on-failing magazine that few humans purposefully read outside of enforced boredom while sitting in various medical office waiting rooms.

After careful consideration of both possibilities, I have concluded that the truth of the situation is as follows: while most likely a wingnut, I simply don't care about the aforementioned matter of no importance.

Okay, next!

I think the koslings like to use projection a lot, especially in this case. Just because they lose their head over little things they can't control, they think normal people will do so too.

204 tradewind  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 9:56:10pm

What a daytime soapfest this whole campaign has become...but Kos will NOT be able to maintain his kover for long, and this will come back to haunt the Dems:


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205 republic  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 10:54:48pm

One would have to care about "Newsweek" to give a crap about this.

The only thing any of the leftist rags are good for, are target backstops at the range.

Circulations continue the downward trend since the great majority of Americans have figured out that the msm is nothing more than a socialist leftist tool.

206 uptight  Wed, Nov 14, 2007 11:10:09pm

Does anyone still read Newsweek?

I suppose we should be grateful they didn't ask Robert Fisk or Ahmadinejad.

207 Nexus  Thu, Nov 15, 2007 7:00:25am

I would have thought they would hire Charles to be the Kos counterpart.

208 ArcherB  Thu, Nov 15, 2007 12:18:07pm

Re #173, Lance:

I'd have to put myself in the more conservative group, even here at LGF.

So, if anyone's head was going to explode over this KOS at Newsweek bit... it'd be me.

But no. I'm not suprised.

Newsweek hiring karl rove... that would suprise me. That they hired KOS suprises me as much as the UN being ineffective.


Get ready for your head to pop. According to THIS link at NewsBusters, they are doing just that!

(I can't believe that I'm the first to post this here!)


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